Legendary Beatle Paul McCartney is inspired by Kanye West.
“People say he’s eccentric, which you'd have to agree with, but he’s a monster. He’s a crazy guy that comes up with great stuff. He inspires me,” McCartney said during the May 24 interview with John Wilson for BBC Radio 4’s Mastertapes.
The two have collaborated on music before, including on Paul McCartney’s “Only One” and West’s “All Day”—a musical process that was rare for the 73-year-old musician.
“Definitely it was different because we never appeared to write a song,” he said.
Apparently, the musical process included a recorder capturing the pair sharing stories and McCartney experimenting with riffs on a guitar, which West modified later.
“He’s taken my melody and he’s made it seriously urban and that was a thing called ‘All Day,’” explained McCartney. “All Day” was released last year and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
