I'm precise. I think in proportions. I play games with numbers, and I proportionalise.
It was a weird stage of my life, to leave Simon & Garfunkel at the height of our success and become a math teacher. I would talk them through a math problem and ask if anyone had any questions, and they would say, 'What were the Beatles like?'
We human beings are tuned such that we crave great melody and great lyrics. And if somebody writes a great song, it's timeless that we as humans are going to feel something for that and there's going to be a real appreciation.
Records became much cruder in the last 20 years. Let's put it that way.
Paul has more, I think, of a feel for the stage. Whereas I have it more for the notes themselves. I love record making and mixing, arranging, producing. That I love. I love to make beautiful things, but I don't like to perform.
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It's up to you
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It's all because of you
And if you go away
I know you could never stay
It's all because of you
And if you go away
I know you could never stay
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I know it's true
It's all because of you
And if I make it through
It's all because of you
And now and then
If we must start again
Well, we will know for sure
That I love you
It's all because of you
And if I make it through
It's all because of you
And now and then
If we must start again
Well, we will know for sure
That I love you
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Little darling
It's been a long, cold, lonely winter
Little darling
It feels like years since it's been here
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Here comes the sun
And I say, "It's alright"
It's been a long, cold, lonely winter
Little darling
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Here comes the sun
Here comes the sun
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All my troubles seemed so far away
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Oh, yesterday came suddenly
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I said something wrong
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All my life, though some have changed
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All your life
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