▁longer ▁controlled , ▁St arr ▁and ▁Harrison ▁retained ▁their s , ▁and ▁continued ▁to ▁have ▁a ▁minor ity ▁voice ▁in ▁Northern ▁Songs .) ▁ ▁While ▁St arr ▁wrote ▁the ▁few est ▁songs ▁of ▁any ▁Beat le ▁( his ▁contribution ▁was ▁more ▁in ▁ideas ▁for ▁lyr ics ▁or ▁them es , ▁occas ional ▁one - lin ers , ▁or ▁titles ▁such ▁as ▁" A ▁Hard ▁Day ' s ▁Night " ▁and ▁" Tom orrow ▁Never ▁Kn ows "), ▁ow ning ▁his ▁own ▁publishing ▁gave ▁St arr ▁a ▁sound er ▁business ▁foot ing , ▁and ▁a ▁larger ▁share ▁of ▁income ▁than ▁he ' d ▁had ▁as ▁a ▁" pa id ▁writer ". ▁Start ling ▁Music ▁published ▁" Don ' t ▁Pass ▁Me ▁By " ▁and ▁" Oct opus ' s ▁Garden " ▁and ▁handled ▁roy alt ies ▁for ▁his ▁co - written ▁material ▁with ▁the ▁other ▁Beat les , ▁on ▁their ▁last ▁albums . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Beat les ▁broke ▁up ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 , ▁St arr ▁wrote ▁or ▁co - w rote ▁much ▁more ▁of ▁his ▁own ▁material ▁for ▁his ▁solo ▁records ▁( with ▁V ini ▁Pon cia ▁becoming ▁a ▁long time ▁collabor ator , ▁and ▁Harrison ▁team ing ▁up ▁with ▁St arr ▁on ▁" Ph ot ograph " ▁and ▁other ▁songs ), ▁and ▁Start ling ▁Music ▁continued ▁to ▁publish ▁St arr ' s ▁new ▁music . ▁He ▁also ▁bought ▁the ▁publishing ▁rights ▁to ▁the ▁songs ▁he ▁recorded ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 ▁for ▁Be auc oups ▁of ▁Blues ,