Accused of exploiting other artists’ songs in the Beatles, John Lennon defended himself by saying, “It wasn’t a rip-off; it was a love-in.” Paul McCartney’s take: “We pinch as much from other people as they pinch from us.”

“In the early years, I’d often carry around someone else’s song in my head,”…

Source: RollingStone
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