We did it (the side two medley-“Abbey Road”) this way because both John and I had a number of songs which were great as they were but which we’d never finished.
Beatles Quotes
The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous – I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there. It was just something you could never do.
That became a very big bond between John and me, because he lost his mum early on, too. We both had this emotional turmoil which we had to deal with and, being teenagers, we had to deal with it very quickly. We both understood that something had happened that you couldn’t talk about – but […]
We were just writing songs a la Everly Brothers, a la Buddy Holly, pop songs with no more thought to them than that–to create a sound. And the words were almost irrelevant.
I was rung one day by one of the blokes at the office, who said, “Hey, there’s a rumour started by a DJ in America that you’re dead.” I said, “You’re kidding – just tell him I’m not.” He said, “No, that won’t do. You’ve got no shoes on on the cover (of the ‘Abbey […]
We were driving the equipment to its limit.
I’m convinced the Beatles are partly responsible for the fall of Communism.
To paraphrase the Thing, the tragic, orange-skinned, rock-like member of a different and altogether more interesting ’60s quartet, the Fantastic Four: Wotta revolting development this is! After watering their musical stock with abysmal solo album after abysmal solo album, weren’t we finally done with these guys? Despite respectful nods – such as the dutiful placement […]
There’s a scene where Paul and I are having an argument… and we’re trying to cover it up. Then the next scene I’m not there, and Yoko’s just screaming, doing her screeching number. Well, that’s where I’d left, and I went home and wrote ‘Wah-Wah’. It’d given me a wah-wah, like I had such a […]
I am not interested in what other people say happened. I did it. I lived it.
