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.

Spoken in the wake of long-running speculation about his abrupt dismissal from the Beatles, the remark refuses to endorse any single narrative of “what really happened.” Best acknowledges uncertainty and rumor while asserting a settled personal conclusion: the mixture of triumph and disappointment shaped his identity. The emphasis shifts from blame or grievance to a retrospective acceptance of contingency—fame narrowly missed, public misunderstanding, and later reassessment all becoming formative rather than merely injurious. In effect, the quote reframes a contested historical episode as an individual story of resilience and self-definition, suggesting that character is forged as much by loss and exclusion as by success and recognition.