Beatle tapes

"Well, you know, it depends. Sometimes we write them on old pianos, anything that's lying around."

"Normally we sit down and try and bash one out. But then again, there's no formula, because he can come up with one completely finished. We still say we both wrote it, though."

— Lennon and McCartney, in a recently unearthed interview for Scottish television from 1964, back when Paul was happy to play wife.