# Talk:Free as a Bird

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I cannot help but hear what I hear. I have heard over time many songs remade or borrowed by other artists sometimes unintentionally, sometime on purpose. As Bono sings "Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief", I understand we don't always understand where our inspirations come from. Being a composer I must always be careful to constantly re-listen to my inner library to be sure I'm not copying anyone too much. I don't mind inspiration and creation but outright copy?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.102.89.196 (talk) 04:04, 29 March 2016 (UTC) 

ISTR that George Martin said in interview that the Beatles never asked him. I also recall Paul saying that because of George Martin's hearing problem, they didn't ask him and that George had suggested Jeff Lynne. If I can find the reference, I'll modify the article.
Apepper (talk) 17:38, 29 August 2021 (UTC)

Although it isn't sourced, it looks like that passage is taken from Revolution in the Head (it's a close paraphrase). Pawnkingthree (talk) 22:54, 22 December 2021 (UTC)

Alan randall played the uke banjo at the end of free as a bird and not george harrison 31.94.30.83 (talk) 18:35, 22 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi, Is there a source for that? I'm in the George Formby society and a banjolele has just come up for sale which belonged to Alan and is said to be the one played on Free as a Bird, but OTOH Ian MacDonald credits George H. as the player and ISTR the director of the video (Joe Pytka) saying he found out too late that George had played the ukulele on the song - George had asked if he could be the George Formby character and Joe Pytka told him he didn't want any appearances by the current Beatles as it was a retrospective. 46.199.237.91 (talk) 16:17, 23 April 2025 (UTC)