"Paul, 20 months younger than John, was treated like the cute kid brother for whom ambition would be unseemly. Certainly, he had ambitions, and certainly he acceded them. He composed the group’s top-selling single (“Hey Jude”), its most widely covered tune (“Yesterday”) and much of its most enduring music. He was the Beatles’ most versatile singer, and not just as a balladeer; attend his scorched-throat renditions of “I’m Down” and “Helter Skelter.” Yet Paul always shivered in John’s shadow. Partly it was his looks. He was cute, coquettish — almost the girl of the group — so how could he be smart? He was the favorite of the screaming females at the early Beatles concerts, but he was not a guy’s guy. No way could he satisfy the male coterie of rock critics. He just tried too hard."
- Richard Corliss, Like Yesterday: America Meets the Beatles. Link: https://entertainment.time.com/2014/02/07/like-yesterday-america-meets-the-beatles/
