Status Updates From The Lyrics: 1956 to the Pre...

We couldn't write flops. That wouldn't have been right for The Beatles.
So, I had developed a knack for writing a popular song or a hit. (...)I had loads of tricks that I could use. One of them is shouting; that works. A shout is always a good song opener.

[E, às vezes, nem é preciso tanto. Ouvir os senhores das obras a arranhar Hey Jude, ainda ontem, fez o meu dia :D]

One night I noticed a very old woman in the front row, and I thought, 'Oh shit, we're going to kill her'. But there was no stopping, I couldn't stop the song and say, 'Cover your ears, love!' So when it came to that line, I looked away. 'Live and let...' BOOM! And she hadn't died after all. She was grinning from ear to ear and loving it.

[Paternalista... Na volta, ainda a velhota lhes ensinava umas coisas :D]

I've never really thought much about my voice. I've been lucky enough not to have to. People say to me, "Do you use your head voice or your chest voice?" I say, 'I'm afraid I don't know the difference. I haven't analysed it'.

the idea that we were rivals was just something started by the media, and then people started to ask, 'Who do you like, The Beatles or the Stones?' And it became an either/or thing. (.)And it just wasn't true.(.) we were big buddies, forever and ever, but the fans started to believe there was some truth in the manufactured rivalry. There never was.

I've written a lot of songs, but certain ones stand out, and if I had to choose what I thought was my best work over the years, I would probably include 'I Saw Her Standing There'. No, I would definitely include this one.
I first played this song to John when he and I got together to smoke tea in my dad's pipe. (And when I say tea, I mean tea.)