Even Paul McCartney, a person who has sold well over 700 million records, it all had to start somewhere. The musician, who has often been open when discussing his inspirations and admirations, recently revealed that there was one artist that still left him starstruck, and it is an artist he has met many times before. (Source: Faroutmag. - BBC News)
McCartney revealed that, despite the aura that surrounds him, in reality, he’s an affable guy when it comes to fame. Having dealt with the rollercoaster of fame for six decades, the Liverpudlian has come to expect a certain amount of silly and embarrassing behaviour.
The ‘Hey Jude’ singer conversely revealed that he, too, on occasion, would be in the same situation if he was asked to interview a famous actor or musician himself.
“If I had to interview someone famous tomorrow, I’d be like thinking about it all night and all morning, ‘oh my god, what am I gonna do?’” the former Beatles bassist said. “And I imagine that’s what they’re going through, and normally you can see this bit of fear in the eyes, or there’s shaking”. The question arose after Macca was asked whether he prefers to be called Sir Paul McCartney, as is his title.
He added: “So I like to put people at ease and say, ‘look, it doesn’t matter about calling me Sir Paul, I’m just some guy.’”
Asked if any other iconic person had the ability to make him quiver with fear, he responded:
“Yes, there’s one or two people who I would be nervous of. Bob Dylan would actually make me a little bit like, ‘oh my god, what am I going to say…is it going to be okay, is it going to be good.”But I got to talk to Bob there and he was really very nice, so I don’t know why I would have been nervous, but you get that with some people. It is a funny thing actually when you think about it. What do you have to do, to get secure in yourself?”
Macca and Dylan have known each other almost as long as they’ve been famous.
“They were fantastic singers. Lennon, to this day, it’s hard to find a better singer than Lennon was, or than McCartney was and still is,” said Dylan of The Beatles.
“I mean I’m in awe of McCartney. He’s about the only one that I am in awe of,” Dylan continued. “But I’m in awe of him. He can do it all, and he’s never let up, you know. He’s got the gift for melody, he’s got the rhythm. He can play any instrument. He can scream and shout as good as anybody and he can sing the ballad as good as anybody, you know so… And his melodies are, you know, effortless. That’s what you have to be in awe… I’m in awe of him maybe just because he’s just so damn effortless. I mean I just wish he’d quit, you know. [laughs] Just everything and anything that comes out of his mouth is just framed in a melody, you know.”
Recently former Beatle Paul McCartney told the BBC about Nat King Cole’s 1953 version of ‘Answer Me, My Love’. “To me, the two songs are about as similar as ‘Get Back’ and ‘God Save the Queen’
McCartney discussed his favorite song from the Beatles catalogue:“Well, it’s difficult to choose the favorite. It (‘Here, There and Everywhere’) is one of my favorites. You look at your songs and kinda look to see which of the ones you think are maybe the best constructed and stuff,” says McCartney. “I think ‘Yesterday’ — if it wasn’t so successful — might be my favorite.”
“But, you know, you get that thing when something is just so successful… people often don’t want to do ‘the big one’ that everyone wants them to do. They kind of shy away from it,” continued McCartney. “‘Here, There and Everywhere’ with ‘Yesterday’ as a close second.
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