"You can make a tune that isn’t that great sound wonderful. This stifles creativity, because you don’t have to work for it, it’s already there.”
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/09/george-martin-obituary?CMP=share_btn_fb
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2016/mar/09/george-martin-obituary?CMP=share_btn_fb