Paul McCartney has discussed how Bob Dylan influenced some of The Beatles‘ earliest songwriting.Speaking in a new BBC Radio 2 documentary to mark John Lennon‘s 80th birthday, McCartney was asked about the band’s “interpersonal, reflective” song-writing and whether it had been influenced by the US icon’s earlier work.He told Sean Lennon: “We certainly got a lot from Dylan and I know I had one of his first LPs at home before The Beatles.