Lennon/McCartney
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| “ | We knew we were good. People used to say to us, 'Do you think John and you are good songwriters?' and I'd say— "Yeah it may sound conceited but it would be stupid of me to say 'No, I don't,' or 'Well, we're not bad' because we are good." Let's face it. If you were in my position, which was working with John Lennon, who was a great, great man-- It's like that film 'Little Big Man.' He says, 'We wasn't just playing Indians, we was LIVIN' Indians.' And that's what it was. I wasn't just talking about it, I was living it. I was actually working with the great John Lennon, and he with me. It was very exciting. | „ |
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—Paul McCartney, 1988 |
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| “ | I said that [playing down how much he and McCartney collaborated], but I was lying.... We wrote a lot of stuff together, one on one, eyeball to eyeball.... In those days we absolutely used to write like that — both playing into each other's noses. | „ |
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—John Lennon, Playboy Interview |
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| “ | It's too easy to put it off if we just meet without any plan and say, 'Shall we write something today?' If you do that then you feel as though you're losing a free day. What we're going to do is make dates beforehand and sort of say, 'Right, Wednesday and Friday of this week are for songwriting. And Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of next week.' Then we'll know it's something we've to keep to. | „ |
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—John Lennon, 1966 |
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| “ | Sometimes they say, 'Now you must write,' and now we write. But it doesn't come some days. We sit there for days just talking to each other, messing 'round not doing anything. | „ |
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—John Lennon, 1966 |
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| “ | John and Paul's standard of writing has bettered over the years, so it's very hard for me to come straight to the top, on par with them. They gave me an awful lot of encouragement. Their reaction has been very good. If it hadn't, I think I would have just crawled away. | „ |
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—George Harrison, 1966 |
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| “ | You can't say that Paul and I are writing separately these days. We do both. When it comes to nweeding 500 songs for Friday, you've gotta get together. I definitely find I work better when I've got a deadline to meet. It really frightens you, and you've got to churn them out. All the time, I'm sort of arranging things in my mind. | „ |
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—John Lennon, 1969 |
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