![]() ![]() And I love the tree, that's a great thing - that it greets you when you come in. I love the idea that they are like family: As the years go past, the things that annoy you and get on your nerves, it fades, and you're able to remember the good times and the laughter and the conspiratorial grins. And you know, that takes me back to the time when I hitchhiked with him! They're an ever-present presence, if that's a way to say. As I was leaving my house this morning, I get out of the car, close the gate and look up at the tree and say, "Hi, George." There he is, growing strongly. So he gave me a tree as a present: It's a big fir tree, and it's by my gate. George was very into horticulture, a really good gardener. And then went on stage and appeared all over the world singing them together." Similarly with George. He was a fantastic guy, and I do sometimes think, "Wow! I sat down all those years and wrote songs with John Lennon. We had arguments - but then, I'm reminded, so do families. And I'm happy for them to land in other people's lives. Once you've written and once you release them, they're like birds: They fly away, and you have no control over them. As you say, it was for Linda, but as time goes on and people say they like it, I always like to give up ownership and say, "Great, well, I hope this fits with your life." And you know, it's very nice when people say, "We used this song in our wedding." That's a huge compliment. I wonder, when you sing it now, when you hear that now, are you able to think this is about everybody - this is for all of us? I will say, I think my favorite love song of yours is "Maybe I'm Amazed," which came out in 1970 when you were married to Linda it's just so beautiful. ![]() I don't know, just imagining anybody in love. The other thing is, I don't always have someone in mind. No matter how understanding she is - and she is amazingly understanding - she's still my wife, and that is a factor. I mean, I'd get in trouble if my wife ever found out I was singing to Linda. So, it is with respect that I ask, do you still sometimes sing to Linda, who you were married to for 29 years until she died in 1998? May I ask something quite personal? You mentioned your wife, Nancy, whom you've been happily married to since 2011. I was just, 'Sounded good? Right, on to the next thing.' It's got a very loose feel to it." ![]() And this project, I wasn't concentrating. "If you're making an album, what you might call a proper album, you're concentrating on making sure it's right. I would write a song, then I'd come in and record it - or I'd say, 'Wait a minute, what about that song I started last year but never got round to finishing?' So there was no worry attached," he says. "I was very lucky to be able to come to my studio and make some music, which took the edge off the whole quarantine thing. Now, after another 40 years, the artist has been quite busy in quarantine. In 1980, he followed it up with McCartney II - another kind of do-it-yourself solo album, released as another band of his, Wings, was breaking up. Paul McCartney has released McCartney III, the latest in a trilogy of solo recordings that stretches back to 1970.īack in 1970, as the book was closing on The Beatles' time together, Paul McCartney came out with a release that established him as an artist in his own right - and a versatile one, who played every instrument on the album simply titled McCartney. ![]()
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