It's interesting that The Beatles' music was not only huge for me, it was important to my kids. My being a guy making a living in music, my son grew up in my studio.
When he was 5 years old he said his goal was to be in Paul McCartney's band; with that comes a second-hand, true story:
He's a professional in LA now, and gets around. One night several years ago I got a phone call from him; it was late here in Michigan, and when I answered he said, "Sorry to call so late, but you aren't going to believe what I did tonight."
He'd been invited at the last minute to a post-Grammy show dinner party hosted by McCartney and Ringo, and got to spend some time talking with McCartney.
He said they were talking about touring, and Paul asked him, "Have you ever forgotten the lyric to a song during a show? I just did; I was singing a song you're too young to know about called 'Penny Lane' ..." My son said, "Trust me, I've heard it and love it," and Paul started singing the lyrics to get to the part he'd flubbed.
My son said, "I'm standing two feet from Paul McCartney and he's singing 'Penny Lane'."
I said OMG, what was that like? He said, "My knees were knocking. I could hardly believe it was happening."
The person standing next to him asked McCartney how he comes up with such great songs. He said, "I get up every morning and write. I'm a songwriter, that's what I do. I write every single day and always have."
My son followed that advice religiously and after a while was signed to Warner's. He still credits McCartney for the inspiration.
When he had his first child last year they named the baby Jude.
