. >> so, you know-- ♪ chicago, chicago ♪ the red, red robin comes bob- bob-bobbin' along ♪ so i knowff. and when i finally came to write, i think i had a lot of clues as to how to write. plus i'm a genius. ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) >> stephen: you buried the lede. that's called burying the lede. so all you're recommending young people, just be a genius. >> well, yeah, why not? >> stephen: what was that first tour like in the united states in 1964? >> pretty cool. ( laughter ) >> stephen: yeah? >> oh you know, it was, it was magical because we loved american music, still do. and everything we were singing, except the stuff we wrote ourselves, was american. so to come to america for the first time, come to new york as kids who kind of made it over in england, so we were cocky little gits, so we felt like, hey, this is cool, get the cigarettes out. so it was magical. it really was. it was like everything we expected and more. and we were on the radio. >> stephen: that's big time. >> tuning in, yeah, tuning in to little stations and we would be on the radio, we were so excit