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How long did it take you to write a song like "Yellow"?
10 minutes.
Seriously? - Yeah.
That I mean, in other words, you heard it in your head?
I didn't hear that. (It) just came out, came through. I'll tell you exactly how it happened.
We were in Wales and my microphone was broken or something; I was waiting to record something else.
And I was thinking about Neil Young and I was starting to do a Neil Young impression just to try and make everyone giggle.
I love Neil Young.
So I was like, doing this and I was like, and it was very starry outside.
I was like, look at the stars like trying to do, I can't do Neil Young for shit, but that's how it came out, (I) was trying to do that.
I never told anybody that.
You started to do it. You started to do your Neil Young impression.
This is pretty good.
And then Yellow came out with the lyrics? - Yeah.
Could you play a little of that, the way you did at that time that you, that it first came out of you?
Yeah. I have to switch to a guitar. Is that cool?
Hey, if you're willing to do it, go ahead. - I'll bring it.
Switch to anything you want.
I'm happy with that.
I didn't know you play guitar too.
So I was just waiting like sound checking like this.
We had another song called Shiver, which is on our first record, which is, OK.
And, I was waiting to do that and then I was found this chord because I like to use strange tuning on the guitar.
So that chord made.
I liked it.
And then that chord.
So it's like, "Look at the stars."
Real Neil Young and then the rest just come out.
Come on, play a little.
In my voice or in my bad Neil young voice?
Do it in your voice. - OK.
♫Yeah, they were all yellow♫
♫I came along♫
♫I wrote a song for you♫
♫And all the things you do♫
♫And it was called Yellow♫
♫So then I took my turn♫
♫Oh, what a thing to have done♫
♫And it was all yellow♫
♫Your skin, oh yeah, your skin and bones♫
♫Turn into something beautiful♫
♫And you know, you know I love you so♫
♫You know I love you so♫
Wow, that is beautiful.
Now, that is a romantic song. - Yeah.
Were you in love with someone at the time you wrote that? - No.
That's not about a specific girl. - No, it's about all girls.