I'm happier than I would have been with the Beatles. Pete Best More Quotes by Pete Best More Quotes From Pete Best I walked out of the show business in 1968 because I thought that would be good for the family. It took me some time to decide but I wanted to spend more time with my wife and two daughters who were always beside me. I wanted to do everything I could for them. Pete Best wife daughter two We were at our best when we were playing in the dance halls of Liverpool and Hamburg. The world never saw that. Pete Best halls saws world The first one I actually met was George Harrison. Pete Best mets firsts Liverpool was an industrial town, a poor town. The people fought hard for what they wanted to achieve and there was a hunger there, and that hunger has remained with the musicians. Pete Best musician towns people John and I would go and have a couple of quiet beers, just to sit down and chew the fat. And he'd talk about Cynthia and how much he missed her Pete Best down-and couple beer When I came back into show business in '88 after spending 20-odd years in the civil service, it wasn't planned. Pete Best spending odd years Anyone who knows the history of the Pete Best Band or the Combo, we were on the verge of breaking in in America. In the mid-'60s, I had great songwriters; we wrote some great stuff. Pete Best band stuff america Many things have been said about what happened, but I don't know either. Maybe someday. One thing I'm sure of is that all the things that have happened to me, good and bad, happy and sad, have made me what I am today. Pete Best good me sad today I was close to John simply because I liked him as a person. He liked me as a person. We spent a lot of times at one another's houses back in Liverpool. We spent a lot of time together in Germany. Pete Best back me together time
