The proto-punk icon’s music remains a strong draw — even in the original home of the Beatles.

“There I was, with them as they were hustled from one custom’s checkpoint to another last Saturday afternoon.”

“John Lennon held out hope. He imagined, and however quietistic he became he never lost that utopian identification. But when you hold out hope, people get real disappointed if you can’t deliver.”

“Hear it once and you know it’s important. Hear it twice, it makes sense. Third time around it’s fun. Fourth time, it’s subtle. On the fifth hearing, ‘Revolver’ becomes profound.”

“For a limpid half hour the Beatles ritually parried the out­side world, capping trivia with irrelevance in sullen eclat.”

“Neither good acting nor good photography can make a good movie”

Fifty years ago this week, the Voice reviewed the “White Album” and “Beggars Banquet,” two records that caused a raft of trouble

Music Monday: The lads from Liverpool watch what they say