George Martin made us what we were in the studio. He helped us develop a language to talk to other musicians.
Beatles Quotes
My only regret with The Beatles is that I was wrongly advised and signed away my royalties to their records — about half a penny per title but, with them, that would have been an enormous amount.
They would play (a song) in every kind of feel they could think of that would more or less suit that song. They would do it faster and slower and in 3/4 and 4/4 and 6/8. They’d try a whole bunch of things, drifting in and out of these with a lot of craziness in […]
It (-Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band) was like throwing down a hat in the center of a ring, it was a tremendous challenge… It seemed like an almost insurmountable task to come up with anything even in the same ballpark.
I was really surprised when after we had finished that album (Let It Be) Paul came to me and said, ‘Let’s get back and record like we used to–would you produce an album like you used to?’ ‘Well, if you’d allow me to, I will.’ And that’s how we made “Abbey Road” It wasn’t quite […]
I love the second side of “Abbey Road”, where it’s all connected and disconnected. No one wanted to finish those songs, so we put them all together and it worked. I think that piece of that album is some of our finest work.
The idea for “Let It Be” was a brilliant one, and I think it was Paul’s. The original idea was that we should record an album of new material and rehearse it, then perform it before a live audience for the very first time–on record and film. In other words, make a live album of […]
Of course I’m ambitious. What’s wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.
(Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band)… the turning point, something that will stand the test of time as a valid art form: sculpture in music…
With “Sgt. Pepper”, I felt more like a session man because we were interested in making an “album” with strings and brass and “parts”. Everyone says that record is a classic, but it’s not my favorite album.
