“At no point,” said McCartney, “did I think,” I’m making an album. I better be serious. ‘It was more like,’ You’re locked up. You can do what the hell you want. ‘“That was a gas as always. “I’m amazed,” McCartney said, “that I’m not fed up with music. Because in fact I should have been bored years ago. “
Is there anything different about the nature of your musical talent when you were 78 than in 1980 or 1970 or when you started writing songs?
It is the story that you are telling. It changes. When I first said to John, “I’ve written a few songs,” they were easy. My first song was called “I Lost My Little Girl” – four chords. Then we went to the next phase of songwriting that talked to our fans. Those were songs like “Thank You Girl”, “Love Me Do”, “Please Please Me”. Then came a rich streak as we matured with things like “Let It Be”, “The Long and Winding Road”.
But basically I think that it doesn’t matter and that sometimes you’re lucky. How “Let It Be” came from a dream in which my mother said this phrase. “Yesterday” came from a dream of a melody. I believe very much in dreams. I remember dreams very well.
The Beatles split up 50 years ago. You were there for about 10 years. How central are these 10 years for your own life story?
Very. It’s like your high school memories – these are my Beatles memories. That’s the danger: at a dinner party, I can tell stories about my life, and people already know them. I can see everyone hold back a yawn. But the Beatles are inevitable.
That’s it for this briefing. Until next time.
– Melina and Dani
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