Paul McCartney, who rarely speaks in the media back on the remastering of the Beatles songs. See excerpts of his interview, published Friday in Le Figaro.

To read in Le Figaro on September 25, interview with Paul McCartney by the reporter from the New Musical Express Mark Beaumont, who was received into the lodge of the artist in concert in Dallas in August.

The ex-Beatle, who rarely speaks, looks back on the remastering of the band's songs. At first glance he remained skeptical about the approach: "I'm not very trendy high-tech, and I always loved the sound of the Beatles, even on a transistor to the beach. And it's true, most people fell in love with the Beatles in their music listening on crappy turntables which gave the impression that the pieces were engraved on plates of asbestos and not on vinyl ... ". But after listening, the artist acknowledges the technical prowess: "Technology has made such progress that if you search for the purest sound must have recourse to digital, and this has been done (...). With this improved quality, I felt I return to the studio. "

Paul McCartney also mentions the Beatles' career, their debut: "We have gone through thousands of steps - Liverpool, nightclubs, England, community halls, Hamburg - not in that order, but we had these different experiences that all steps were wonderful, "the frenetic pace of their production and work capacity staggering:" If we were told: "You must write the album right away, we were runners. No "Oh, but we need more time .... We were going for, that, yes. "