Considering how many songs they recorded over eight years, The Beatles miraculously avoided writing too many duds. Paul McCartney once said it was still a mystery to him that the band formed at all.

When you put on a song, usually you want it to inspire. The idea is to get the music in your bones and let it work its magic. Maybe you want to be in a better mood, maybe you want to remember what ...

Toward the end of The Beatles, their songs were more individualized. Instead of creating a song together, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison wanted to express their own artistic vision ...