“From the first time I saw them, I knew they weren't just five dirty li...” — Astrid Kirchherr Quote

“From the first time I saw them, I knew they weren't just five dirty little boys from Liverpool without an education.”

“Stuart was a very special person and he was miles ahead of everybody. You know as far as intelligent and artistic feelings are concerned, he was miles ahead. So I learned a lot from him and because in the '60s we had a very strange attitude towards being young, towards sex, towards everything.”

“The most important thing I gave the Beatles was my friendship. They trusted me: there was no fear in being photographed.”

“It's time to give back; you know, I've lived in this beautiful world of fashion for so long, and it's time to really get my hands dirty and get in the trenches and see the world for what it really is.”

“I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish water and the hard sun showing up the dirtiness on the roof tops. And after a time, even at night, the feeling of God didn't last.”

“When I started out, the idea of comfort in shoes was almost a dirty word.”