You've been around a little while, you've seen stuff. McCartney: "I'm not exactly happy about it. Stern: "Are you depressed by the world's situation now?" The global economy had tanked, and our morale was low. But I think in the end, you do what I do, what most people do: just remember the great stuff."Įven beyond McCartney's grieving, he had his mind on coping with the state of the world, which was in a worrisome place at the time of the conversation with Stern. I lost John (Lennon), lost George, lost (first wife) Linda. "How are you doing with everyone dying? Your mom and dad. 14, 2009, Stern asked him how he had been coping with the 2001 death of band mate George Harrison and McCartney answered philosophically. During an interview he did on Howard Stern's radio show on Jan. McCartney has exhibited his hopeful nature in public. How does McCartney stay so productive and upbeat? And what lessons can we mere mortals learn from his shining example? Like a gutsy prize fighter, he rises off the canvas. Somehow, though, like a fine watch, he keeps right on ticking. Since those heady days, the man who went on to give us "Yesterday," "Eleanor Rigby," "Penny Lane," "Hey Jude," and "Let It Be," not to mention a slew of hits as a solo recording artist, has had to cope with his share of setbacks, heartbreaks and losses. Remember the sentiment that he expressed on the cover of his first solo album, "McCartney," in 1970, which contained a photograph of a spilled bowl of cherries: Life is not always a bowl of cherries. He's worth a billion dollars!" As the Beatles once sang, on "She's Leaving Home," "Fun is the one thing that money can't buy." Yes, a cynic would say dismissively, "Of course, he always looks happy. What McCartney radiates will always allow him to look on the sunny side.ĭo you want to know a secret? Paul McCartney acts his age. There may now be a bit of a puddle around his midsection - not that most guys wouldn't love to trade physiques with him - but big deal. He lets a generous amount of gray hair shine through. McCartney has allowed himself to look his age with great dignity. The nickname-happy media gave McCartney that label around the time that "A Hard Day's Night" came out, at the dawn of worldwide Beatlemania in 1964. Paul McCartney, who turned 80 June 18, is still "The Cute Beatle" - and so much more. This article is reprinted by permission from. He happily acts his age, and has always been an optimist - an attitude and life philosophy that has served him well
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