"At the beginning, my speciality was the introductions and the endings, and any instrumental passages in the middle.""If there is one person I would have to select as a living genius of pop music, it would be Brian Wilson."
"Ringo always got and still gets a unique sound out of his drums, a sound as distinctive as his voice."
"The turning point probably came with the song Yesterday. That was when, as I can see in retrospect, I started to leave my hallmark on the music."
"Imagine my delight when I discovered that the sound of a chicken clucking at the end of Good Morning was remarkably like the guitar sound at the beginning of Sgt. Pepper (reprise)."
"With iPods, mini-recorders and all the new technology, people can lie in their bath and make a rock record."
"Looking back on Pepper, it was quite an icon. It probably did change the face of recording so it became a different kind of art form."
"Gradually, things changed. The boys went into their little spheres and there was more of a rivalry brewing between John and Paul."
"A producer's role is still a mystery to most music listeners, isn't it?"
"You know the Beatles seem to find new audience each time another generation comes along."
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