up? Nobody does that. James
Joyce, Picasso; they don’t do
that, why did The Beatles? I
think I know the answer, but
it’s a mixture of things. It’s that
they’re working class. You go
to work, you do what you have
to do, and you don’t take years
off. You do the job until it’s done
even if you’re pissed about the
job.
Our students ask this question
all of the time, “What is genius?”
Genius to me is not necessarily a
score that you get on a test, but
it is the ability to take advantage
of a talent you have in the mo-
ment when you should be do-
ing it. And that was the moment
they should be doing it. One of
my favorite moments in the Bea-
tles story is when George Har-
rison is coaxed back to the band
in January 1969. He quits dur-
ing the “Get Back” sessions. He
comes back after a week or so
after having some tough words
with John Lennon. He comes
back and he looks at Lennon
and McCartney and bangs his
chest saying, “Heart of hearts,
this is where I should be.” w
A pair of the books on
The Beatles written
by Kenneth Womack
who also runs a
Beatles blog at
Huffington Post.
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