Barry McGuire

Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space, but when you return, it's the same old place. ↗

— Barry McGuire

#days #four #here #leave #may

But times changed, and I changed, and I didn't feel that way anymore. The Beatles were happening. I think that was probably the main thing. The Beatles just changed the whole world of music. ↗

— Barry McGuire

#beatles #changed #feel #happening #i

Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace. ↗

— Barry McGuire

#grace #hate #neighbor #next-door #next-door neighbor

I did about a 100 concerts this year. All over the United States. We're cutting back next year to about 40. We generate money for an organization called Mercy Corps. ↗

— Barry McGuire

#back #called #concerts #corps #cutting

I know great songwriters. Fred Neil would come up when he was in L.A., we all used to hang out. He would sit there and sing, and we would just melt. I mean, we would go to his recording sessions. ↗

— Barry McGuire

#fred #go #great #hang #his

If you listen to the left track on their album, if you get The Best of the Mamas and Papas, you listen to the left track, you can still hear a little bit of my voice. My son discovered that once. ↗

— Barry McGuire

#best #bit #discovered #get #hear

It was really fun. Well, Bobby was just basically a folk singer. He didn't play with any bands or anything, like all the rest of us. Just played his guitar and sang his songs. ↗

— Barry McGuire

#anything #bands #basically #bobby #folk

Marches alone won't bring integration when human respect is disintegratin' ↗

— Barry McGuire

#bring #human #integration #marches #respect

The big turning point, really, was the Beatles' influence on American folk music, and then Roger took it to the next step, and then along came the Lovin' Spoonful and everybody else. ↗

— Barry McGuire

#american #beatles #big #came #else

There's only one drummer. We all travel to his beat. Well, I couldn't sing his song. Because for me, it wasn't a truthful statement. Well, Linda sang it, and it was a monster for her. ↗

— Barry McGuire

#because #drummer #her #his #i