Here, There and Everywhere: My Life Recording...

"In the early days, the Beatles would travel from one ill-paying provincial gig to the next, huddled together in the back of a small, unheated van. Whenever one would start to become discouraged at the apparent hopelessness of the situation, John Lennon would buck them up by asking the questions, "Where are we going, lads?" to which they would respond with a rousing, "To the top, Johnny! To the toppermost of the poppermost!"

geoff emerick