Published in 1966Author: Lennon/McCartneyTrack 14 on “Revolver“ JOHN 1968: “‘Tomorrow Never Knows’ …I didn’t know what I was saying, and you just find out later. I know that when there are some lyrics I dig, I know that somewhere people will be looking at them.” JOHN 1968: “Often the backing […]
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JOHN 1969: “It’s something I wrote, and it’s like an old-time ballad. It’s just the story of us getting married, going to Paris, going to Amersterdam, all that.” About “The Ballad of John And Yoko” “The Ballad of John and Yoko” is a song written primarily by John Lennon, although […]
John Lennon’s quotes about “Across The Universe” JOHN 1972: “One of my best songs. Not one of the best recordings, but I like the lyrics.” JOHN 1980: “I was a bit more artsy-fartsy there. I was lying next to my first wife in bed, (song originally written in 1967) you […]
JOHN 1980: “‘I’m So Tired’ was me, in India again. I couldn’t sleep, I’m meditating all day and couldn’t sleep at night. The story is that. One of my favorite tracks. I just like the sound of it, and I sing it well.” PAUL circa-1994: “It has that very special […]
JOHN 1980: “That’s Paul. Apparently he was under strain at that period.” PAUL circa-1994: “I’m generally quite upbeat, but at certain times things get to me so much that I just can’t be upbeat anymore and that was one of those times. ‘Carry that weight a long time’– like forever! […]
JOHN 1980: “Paul did the first half, I did the middle-eight. But you’ve got Paul writing, ‘We can work it out/ We can work it out’ real optimistic, you know. And me, impatient, ‘Life is very short and there’s no time/ for fussing and fighting, my friend.’” PAUL circa-1994: “I […]
JOHN 1972: “Me. But Paul helped me on the lyric.” GEORGE 1980: “I had bought, earlier, a crummy sitar in London… and played the ‘Norwegian Wood’ bit.” JOHN 1980: “‘Norwegian Wood’ is my song completely. It was about an affair I was having. I was very careful and paranoid because […]
JOHN 1965: “We think it’s one of the best we’ve written.” JOHN 1980: “The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension. When ‘Help!’ came out, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think it’s just a fast rock ‘n roll song. I didn’t realize it at the time; […]
JOHN 1980: “That was a piece of unfinished music that I turned into a comedy record with Paul. I was waiting for him in his house, and I saw the phone book was on the piano with the words, ‘You know the name, look up the number.’ It was like […]
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. […]
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 […]