Ronson On Producing For McCartney: ‘It’s Insane’

Ronson said in an interview Thursday that he worked on three songs with the former Beatles singer. He called the process “insane.”

“It’s really good. He writes really good songs,” Ronson said.

But the 37-year-old said working with McCartney was intimidation “on another level.”

“He understands that you’re so nervous to be working with Paul McCartney ‘cause everyone is,” he said. “He gives you a lot of leeway, but then at the end of the day you need to deliver the goods.”

McCartney married Nancy Shevell in 2011 at a London ceremony. He announced on his website this week that he’s planning to release a new album and that that he’ll launch his “Out There!” world tour June 22 in Warsaw, Poland.

“He’s done every kind of music. He invented the rule book in several different ways,” Ronson said of McCartney’s extensive and diverse catalogue. “I don’t know if (our stuff) is revolutionary, but they’re brilliant songs. I just tried to give him a sound he was looking for.”

Ronson said he learned so much from collaborating with McCartney.