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‘Because It Ain’t You’: Quincy Jones’ Savage Response to The Beatles’ Ringo Starr in the Studio

The Beatles are considered to be one of the greatest bands to ever exist, but Quincy Jones had a very different impression of the musicians.

By Stephen Andrew Galiher and Stephen Andrew Galiher

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There are not a whole lot of people who would talk s*** to The Beatles. Certainly not to their faces. But Quincy Jones wasn’t just a regular “people,” which is why he once had a SAVAGE response to Beatles drummer Ringo Starr.

Back in 2018, Jones sat down with New York Magazine for an interview in support of the Netflix documentary Quincy. During the conversation, he took some wild verbal jabs at the Beatles, even calling them “the worst musicians in the world.”

“They were........

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