Quotes from Astrid Kirchherr

I was wanting something new, and for me the Beatles were... outstanding. I was breathless, speechless.

I just had the joy of taking pictures, and I never cared about my negatives. I just gave them away whenever anybody asked for them.

All my friends in art school used to run around with this sort of what you call Beatles haircut. And my boyfriend then, Klaus Voormann, had this hairstyle, and Stuart liked it very, very much. He was the first one who really got the nerve to get the Brylcreem out of his hair and asking me to cut his hair for him.

John's legacy? His bravery. When he had the power, he used it. He really wanted peace on Earth, and John's lyrics, well, that's the brave poetry of the '60s. If he had stayed with us, he could have done so much more.

I was always introduced as the Beatles photographer and I gave it up in the end. I was so unsure of myself. Am I good or am I just the Beatles photographer? People were not interested in what I did before. I could not stand it any more.

Our post-war generation were struggling to escape the past and the burden of guilt we carried and to find a new way.

I love Liverpool and it is great to be back in the city.