“When you write songs, you sometimes get overwhelmed by the desire to rhyme something rather than to say what it is you mean,” he said when speaking with Rolling Stoneon June 23. “I was young and impatient when I wrote ‘I Dig Rock and Roll Music,' and the verse that says, ‘And when the Beatles tell you they got a word love to sell you, they mean exactly what they say,' I never meant to demean their motives.”
Stookey continued, “I thought The Beatles did an amazing job of bringing first-person angst into the public arena, ‘She Loves You,' I mean, even their early tunes. As they got later and later in their careers, I don't think they lost a thing, and their musicality was off the charts. It was just some brilliant writing."
Stookey also added that he thinks people will be “talking about the immense library of work that still is performed that was created by Paul McCartney and John Lennon” 50 years from now.
Peter, Paul and Mary were a folk group comprised of Stookey, Peter Yarrow, and Mary Travers. Some of their most iconic songs were "Leaving on a Jet Plane," "Puff, the Magic Dragon," and “500 Miles.” In 1999, they were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame, but the band dissolved after Travers died in 2009. Yarrow died in 2025, making Stookey the last surviving member of the band.
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