If a string went (on my guitar) we’d take it out of the piano. And it worked great. We’d find an ‘A’ string and get the pliers out when the fellow wasn’t looking.
Paul McCartney Quotes
There are two things John and I always do when we’re going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.
I was exposed to many religious arguments on the pierhead, and I came to the conclusion that “God” is just the word “good” with the “o” taken out, and “Devil” is the word “evil” with a “D” added. Really, all that people have done throughout history is to personify the two forces of Good and […]
Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
Hey Jude, don’t make it bad. Take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let her into your heart, Then you can start to make it better.
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 […]
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.
Just to show you how wrong one can be: I was in Germany on tour just before “Revolver” came out. I started listening to the album and I got really down because I thought the whole thing was out of tune. Everyone had to reassure me that it was all okay.
It was a hot day in London, a really nice hot day… Barefoot, nice warm day, I didn’t feel like wearing shoes. So I went around to the photo session and showed me bare feet… Turns out to be some old Mafia sign of death or something.
