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...ifferent. And this idea's a bit different. Years ago my Auntie Lil said to me, 'Why can't you ever write about a horse or the summit conference or someth
...uote|'Paperback Writer' is son of 'Day Tripper' ... meaning a rock 'n roll song with a guitar lick on a fuzzy loud guitar.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon|198
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{{cquote|After we'd done the session on that particular song — it ended at about four or five in the morning — I went home wit
...ft of God... of Ja actually — the god of marijuana, right? So Ja gave me that one.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon|1980}}
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...there was Penny Lane, and the Cast Iron Shore, which I've just got in some song now, and they were just good names — just groovy names. Just good soun
...hild, I would say, “But this is going on!” and everybody would look at me as if I was crazy. I always was so psychic or intuitive or poetic or whatev
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...I care about being a song writer, but I don't care passionately about each song.|Paul McCartney|1966}}
...living it. I was actually working with the great John Lennon, and he with me. It was very exciting.|Paul McCartney|1988}}
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...'Alice in Wonderland.' To me, it was a beautiful poem. It never dawned on me that Lewis Carroll was commenting on the capitalist and social system. I ne
...John's song, 'I Am The Walrus' he says: 'I am he as you are he as you are me.' People look for all sorts of hidden meanings. It's serious, but it's also
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...dn't take the time to explain that we sat down together and worked on that song for a full three-hour songwriting session, and at the end of it all we had
...it doesn't sound too bad. It doesn't make you cringe. [...] If you'd give me the eight-track now, remix it — I'll show you what it is ''really'', b
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{{cquote|'Baby, You're A Rich Man' was co-written by John and me at Cavendish Avenue. There was lots of talk in the newspapers about the bea
...of two seperate pieces, Paul's and mine, put together and forced into one song. One-half was all mine. (sings) 'How does it feel to be one of the beautifu
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...- that it was a very easy song to write. It's just a song of duality, with me advocating the more positive. You say goodbye, I say hello. You say stop, I
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{{cquote|That's me trying a rewrite of 'This Boy,' but it didn't quite work.|quotewidth=500px|
...s his inspiration that I helped him finish off. 'Yes It Is' is a very fine song of John's.|quotewidth=500px|Paul McCartney|1994}}
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{{cquote|That's me completely. Including the guitar lick with the first feedback anywhere. I d
...und object-- an accident caused by leaning the guitar against the amp. The song itself was more John's than mine. We sat down and co-wrote it with John's o
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| Last single = "[[Can't Buy Me Love]]"<br/>(1964)
...d, 'We are going to use that title.' And the next morning I brought in the song... 'cuz there was a little competition between Paul and I as to who got the
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...obably. We put in the words 'turns me on.' We were so excited to say 'turn me on' --you know, about marijuana and all that... using it as an expression.|
...This was my attempt at a bluesy thing... instead of doing a Little Richard song, whom I admire greatly, I would use the (vocal) style I would have used for
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{{cquote|Me. But I think Paul helped with the verse.|quotewidth=500px|John Lennon|1972}
...guitar lick, the guitar break, and the whole bit. It's just a rock 'n roll song. Day trippers are people who go on a day trip, right? Usually on a ferry bo
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...ked 'round looking at the shops, and I saw the name Rigby. Then I took the song down to John's house in Weybridge. We sat around, laughing, got stoned and
...der. The doorbell rang. It was Paul on his own. We jammed a bit. He played me a tune about a strange chap called 'Ola Na Tungee'.
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...ces in Newcastle on the flip of one of their hits. I still want to write a song about the places in Liverpool where I was brought up. Places like The Docke
...se it,' he asked. 'Yes, of course we can,' I replied. It never occurred to me, but it occurred to him. So, we got the guy from the London Symphony Orches
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{{cquote|Paul. Good piano lick, but the song never really went anywhere. Maybe I helped him on some of the lyrics.|quote
...own at the piano trying to write a bluesy boogie-woogie thing. It reminded me of Fats Domino for some reason, so I started singing a Fats Domino impressi
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...ll'' album, and also did the ''Inner Light'' track...|George Harrison|''I, Me, Mine'', orig. published 1980; Chronicle Books 2007, p.57}}
...of your song ''Within You, Without You''. I am very happy, it is a moving song and may it move the souls of millions; and there is more to come, as you ar
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| Next single = "[[Get Back]]"/ "[[Don't Let Me Down]]"<br />(1969)
...k it very personally. 'Ah, it's me,' I said, 'It's me.' He says, 'No, it's me.' I said, 'Check. We're going through the same bit.' So we all are. Whoever
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| B-side = "[[Don't Let Me Down]]"
| This single = "Get Back" / "[[Don't Let Me Down]]"<br/>(1968)
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