A is for Apple, Apple Records. I hadn't been a fan of the Beatles growing up and then sometime, in my mid-twenties I heard "Eleanor Rigby" for the millionth time and it occurred to me how brilliant, how much like poetry it was, and still, somehow a pop song. In writing , I went back to the Beatles' music quite a bit, especially Revolver and the White Album. I wanted the book to have the same willingness to throws its arms around everything, the way that particular record seems to cover all of twentieth century music, with a multitude of styles, tones, and voices.