ELIOT: Geroge, could you comment on where the
idea for the song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" came from.
GEORGE: Very simple. Nothing to do with LSD. Julian Lennon,
John's son came home from school. A drawing he did. Julian
--aged 5 ---had a little girl, stars around her, like a Chagal
painting, Julian said "It's Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds."
Lucy was a schoolmate of Julian and the boy drew her, and
John went "That's a great idea for a song." TRUE STORY!!!
[Note from Eliot--since this interview took place,
Paul McCartney has admitted that the “Lucy� story was a cover
and it actually was LSD inspired.�]
ELIOT: How does Paul feel about the
babyboomers (now adults) who still love the work he has
done and feel very close to him still?
GEORGE: He thinks it is still
marvelous. Sometimes he feels like when performs, that
although he knows that he is just an ordinary person, to
everybody else...he is extraordinary. He feels that sometimes
it's like completely different people up there on the stage
performing.
ELIOT: How do you record acoustic guitar to get a good
live sound?
GEORGE: The answer is "your ear." You try different things and
tell the engineer "I like this, I don't like that." It is all
trial and error. Nothing really technical. I love acoustic guitars!