“The great thing about 'Yesterday' was it kind of wrote itself. I just woke up one morning and thought, 'What's that? I like that tune.'”
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“Writing songs is almost like therapy; you can go in kind of angry or sad, and it makes the song better because it’s real feelings in it.”
“I was thinking about the boy whose name is Julian, and I started this idea, 'Hey Jules, don’t make it bad.'”
“I thought it was a great character, so I started this song about a lonely old lady who picks up the rice in the church.”
“We didn't need a click track... if you were a good band, you just had to hold the tempo.”
“I can kind of follow sheet music, but if it gets complicated, I can't really read it.”
“I had a dream... my mother came to me in the dream and said, 'Don't worry, it's gonna be fine, just let it be.'”
“I think the Beatles was when I was about 19.”
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