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Sir Paul McCartney
MBE
McCartney with his Höfner bass on stage in England in 2010
McCartney with his Höfner bass on stage in England in 2010
Background information
Birth name James Paul McCartney
Born 18 June 1942 (1942-06-18) (age 81)
Liverpool, England
Genres Rock, pop, psychedelic rock, experimental rock, rock and roll, hard rock, classical music
Occupations Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, film producer, painter, activist, businessman
Instruments Bass guitar, vocals, piano, organ, mellotron, keyboards, drums, guitar, ukulele, mandolin, recorder
Years active 1957–present
Labels Hear Music, Apple, Parlophone, Capitol, Columbia, Concord Music Group, EMI, One Little Indian, Vee-Jay
Associated acts The Quarrymen, The Beatles, Wings, The Fireman, Linda McCartney, John Lennon, Denny Laine
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Notable instruments
Höfner 500/1
Rickenbacker 4001S
Gibson Les Paul
Epiphone Texan
Epiphone Casino
Fender Esquire
Fender Jazz Bass
Yamaha BB1200 Bass
Wal 5-String Bass
Martin D-28


I was bored on the 9th of Octover 1940 when, I believe, the Nasties were still booming us led by Madalf Heatlump (Who only had one). Anyway they didn't get me. I attended to varicous schools in Liddypol. And still didn't pass-much to my Aunties supplies.

—John Lennon, In His Own Write, 1964

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When I met Paul he could play guitar, trumpet, and piano. ... I could only play the mouth organ and two chords on a guitar when we met. I tuned the guitar like a banjo. I'd learned guitar from my mother, who only knew how to play banjo, so my guitar only had five strings on it. Paul taught me how to play the guitar proper — but I had to learn the chords left-handed, because Paul is left-handed. So I learned them upside down and I'd go home and reverse them. ... That's what I was doing the day we met — playing on stage with a group, playing a five-string guitar like a banjo, when he was brought around from the audience to meet me.

—John Lennon, The Playboy Interviews, p.117, 1980

Jann Wenner: When did you first realize [you were a genius]? When I was about 12. I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody’s noticed. I used to wonder whether I’m a genius or I’m not, which is it? I used to think, well, I can’t be mad, because nobody’s put me away, therefore, I’m a genius. A genius is a form of madness, and we’re all that way, you know, and I used to be a bit coy about it, like my guitar playing.

—John Lennon, Rolling Stone Interview, Dec 8, 1970

People like me are aware of their so-called genius at ten, eight, nine... I always wondered, “why has nobody discovered me?” In school, didn’t they see that I’m cleverer than anybody in this school? That the teachers are stupid, too? That all they had was information that I didn’t need.

I got fuckin’ lost in being at high school. I used to say to me auntie “You throw my fuckin’ poetry out, and you’ll regret it when I’m famous,” and she threw the bastard stuff out.

I never forgave her for not treating me like a fuckin’ genius or whatever I was, when I was a child.

It was obvious to me. Why didn’t they put me in art school? Why didn’t they train me? Why would they keep forcing me to be a fuckin’ cowboy like the rest of them? I was different, I was always different. Why didn’t anybody notice me?

A couple of teachers would notice me, encourage me to be something or other, to draw or to paint–express myself. But most of the time they were trying to beat me into being a fuckin’ dentist or a teacher. And then the fuckin’ fans tried to beat me into being a fuckin’ Beatle or an Engelbert Humperdinck, and the critics tried to beat me into being Paul McCartney.

—John Lennon, Rolling Stone Interview, Dec 8, 1970

Do you have a picture of “when I’m 64”? No, no. I hope we’re a nice old couple living off the coast of Ireland or something like that – looking at our scrapbook of madness.

—John Lennon, Rolling Stone Interview, Dec 8, 1970

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