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 […]
Beatles Quotes
“Sgt. Pepper” is called the first concept album, but it doesn’t go anywhere. All my contributions to the album have absolutely nothing to do with this idea of Sgt. Pepper and his band; but it works ’cause we “said” it worked.
On the “Pepper” stuff, I got into the more melodic bass lines. In fact, some of the best-paced bass playing I ever did was at that time.
Boomers can be tiresome when they natter on too long about the fun-swollen fabulousness of the 1960s. I mean, I was there: ‘Flower power’? Patchouli oil? Peter Max posters? Please. But even the mistiest of such geezers is likely to be right about the rock and soul music of that decade: Who could overstate its […]
I was quite interested in America – I still write about the different aspects of America – and to me, something was slipping away, and I couldn’t quite put my finger on how to express it. I was sitting up in this little house where I lived, and I just started to write this first […]
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.
As far as I’m concerned, there won’t be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead.
They’ve got everything over there. What do they want “us” for?
