JOHN 1967: “‘When I’m Sixty Four’ was something Paul wrote in the Cavern days. We just stuck in a few more words, like ‘grandchildren on your knee,’ and ‘Vera Chuck and Dave.’ It was just one of those ones that he’d had, that we’ve all got, really– half a song. […]
The Beatles’ Songs
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PAUL 1968: “We’re not just completely rock & roll. We’re not just completely one kind of group. ‘Cuz like, when we played in Hamburg, we didn’t just do rock all evening ‘cuz we had to have these sort of fat old businessmen coming in and saying… (jokingly) or THIN old […]
PAUL 1969: “I like John’s ‘Because’ on the second side. To say, ‘Because the world is round it turns me on’ is great. And ‘Because the wind is high it blows my mind’” GEORGE 1969: “I think my favorite one on the album is ‘Because.’ The lyrics are uncomplicated… but […]
JOHN 1980: “It is a diary form of writing. All that ‘I used to be cruel to my woman, I beat her and kept her apart from the things that she loved’ was me. I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically… any woman. I was a hitter. […]
JOHN 1968: “We’ve just done two tracks, both unfinished. The second one is Ringo’s first song that we’re working on this very moment. He composed it himself in a fit of lithargy.” About “Don’t Pass Me By” “Don’t Pass Me By” is featured on The Beatles’ 1968 double album, commonly […]
RINGO 1968: “It sounds like Elvis, doesn’t it? No, it doesn’t sound like Elvis… it IS Elvis. Even those bits where he goes very high.” JOHN 1980: “Paul. Good piano lick, but the song never really went anywhere. Maybe I helped him on some of the lyrics.” PAUL 1986: “‘Lady […]
GEORGE 1980: “I started the chord sequences on the piano, which I don’t really play, and then began writing ideas for the words from various opposites… Again, it’s the duality of things– yes no, up down, left right, right wrong, etcetera.” About “Old Brown Shoe” “Old Brown Shoe”, penned by […]
Beatles quotes about “Hello, Goodbye” JOHN 1980: “That’s another McCartney. An attempt to write a single. It wasn’t a great piece. The best bit was at the end, which we all ad-libbed in the studio, where I played the piano. Like ‘Ticket To Ride,’ where we just threw something in […]
JOHN 1969: “I think that’s about the best track on the album, actually.” PAUL 1969: “I like George’s song ‘Something.’ For me I think it’s the best he’s written.” GEORGE 1969: “I wrote the song ‘Something’ for the album before this one, but I never finished it off until just […]
JOHN 1972: “Another horror.” JOHN 1980: “Another of my throwaways.” GEORGE 1987: “I think it was Paul and me, or maybe John and me, playing (guitar) in harmony– quite a complicated little line that goes through the middle-eight.” PAUL 1995: “One of my favorites on the Anthology is, ‘And Your […]
JOHN 1980: “That’s me trying a rewrite of ‘This Boy,’ but it didn’t quite work.” PAUL circa-1994: “I was there writing it with John, but it was his inspiration that I helped him finish off. ‘Yes It Is’ is a very fine song of John’s.” About “Yes It Is” Written […]
Published on 1968Author: HarrisonTrack 27 on “The Beatles – White Album“ GEORGE 1977: “‘Savoy Truffle’ on The White Album was written for Eric (Clapton). He’s got this real sweet tooth and he’d just had his mouth worked on. His dentist said he was through with candy. So as a tribute […]