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| caption            = McCartney with his Höfner bass on stage in England in 2010
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| Born                = {{birth date and age|1942|6|18|df=yes}}<br/>[[Liverpool]], England
 
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| label              = [[Hear Music]], [[Apple Records|Apple]], [[Parlophone Records|Parlophone]], [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Concord Music Group]], [[EMI Music Group|EMI]], [[One Little Indian]], [[Vee-Jay]]
 
| label              = [[Hear Music]], [[Apple Records|Apple]], [[Parlophone Records|Parlophone]], [[Capitol Records|Capitol]], [[Columbia Records|Columbia]], [[Concord Music Group]], [[EMI Music Group|EMI]], [[One Little Indian]], [[Vee-Jay]]
 
| associated_acts    = [[The Quarrymen]], [[The Beatles]], [[Wings (band)|Wings]], [[The Fireman (music)|The Fireman]], [[Linda McCartney]], [[John Lennon]], [[Denny Laine]]
 
| associated_acts    = [[The Quarrymen]], [[The Beatles]], [[Wings (band)|Wings]], [[The Fireman (music)|The Fireman]], [[Linda McCartney]], [[John Lennon]], [[Denny Laine]]
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| website                = [http://www.paulmccartney.com PaulMcCartney.com]
 
| notable_instruments = [[Höfner 500/1]]<br/>[[Rickenbacker 4001]]S<br/>[[Gibson Les Paul]]<br/>[[Epiphone Texan]]<br/>[[Epiphone Casino]]<br/>[[Fender Esquire]]<br/>[[Fender Jazz Bass]]<br/>Yamaha BB1200 Bass<br/>[[Wal bass|Wal 5-String Bass]]<br/>[[D-28 guitar#Models|Martin D-28]]
 
| notable_instruments = [[Höfner 500/1]]<br/>[[Rickenbacker 4001]]S<br/>[[Gibson Les Paul]]<br/>[[Epiphone Texan]]<br/>[[Epiphone Casino]]<br/>[[Fender Esquire]]<br/>[[Fender Jazz Bass]]<br/>Yamaha BB1200 Bass<br/>[[Wal bass|Wal 5-String Bass]]<br/>[[D-28 guitar#Models|Martin D-28]]
 
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Could that <em>really</em> be [[Paul McCartney in Audience Watching The Quarrymen!|Paul watching the Quarrymen]] at their 22 Jun 1957 gig on Rosebery Street?
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{{cquote|I lived in the suburbs in a nice semi-detached place with a small garden and doctors and lawyers and that ilk living around, not the poor slummy kind of image that was projected. I was a nice clean-cut suburban boy ... Paul, George and Ringo ... lived in government-subsidized houses. We owned our own house, had our own garden, and they didn't have anything like that. So I was a bit of a fruit compared to them.|John Lennon, ''The Playboy Interviews''|1980}}
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{{cquote|Whilst we weren't a poor family, we weren't rich by any means, so we never had a car, or a television till the coronation in 1953. I was the first one in the family to buy a car with my Beatle earnings. My mum, a nurse, road a bike.|Paul McCartney, ''Many Years From Now'', p.6|1997}}
  
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[[image:McCartney-1961.jpg|thumb|200px|left|caption|Paul, age 19, at the Cavern Club, Liverpool.]]
  
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[[Image:Quarrymen.jpg|thumb|John Lennon with The Quarrymen, performing in Rosebery Street, Liverpool on 22 June 1957. (Pictured: Lennon and Pete Shotton)|left|thumb|300px]]
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{{Cquote|We used to have wanking sessions when we were young at Nigel Whalley's house in Woolton. We'd stay overnight and we'd all sit in armchairs and we'd put all the lights out and being teenage pubescent boys we'd all wank. What we used to do, someone would say, 'Brigitte Bardot.' 'Oooh!' that would keep everyone on par, then somebody, probably John, would say, 'Winston Churchill.' 'Oh no!' and it would completely ruin everyone's concentration.|Paul McCartney, ''Many Years From Now'', p.117|1980}}
  
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{{cquote|When I met [[Paul McCartney|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 &#151; 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 &#151; 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}}
 
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{{cquote|'''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}}
 
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{{cquote|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.
 
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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.
 
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I never forgave her for not treating me like a fuckin’ genius or whatever I was, when I was a child.
 
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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?
 
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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, [http://www.jannswenner.com/Archives/John_Lennon_Part2.aspx ''Rolling Stone''] Interview, Dec 8, 1970}}
 
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{{cquote|'''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, [http://www.jannswenner.com/Archives/John_Lennon_Part2.aspx ''Rolling Stone''] Interview, Dec 8, 1970}}
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 15:04, 2 September 2011

Sir Paul McCartney
MBE
Black-and-white image of McCartney, in 1961.
Paul McCartney, 1964
Background information
Birth name James Paul McCartney
Born 18 June 1942 (1942-06-18) (age 82)
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
Website PaulMcCartney.com
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

Could that really be Paul watching the Quarrymen at their 22 Jun 1957 gig on Rosebery Street?

“ Whilst we weren't a poor family, we weren't rich by any means, so we never had a car, or a television till the coronation in 1953. I was the first one in the family to buy a car with my Beatle earnings. My mum, a nurse, road a bike. „

—Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now, p.6, 1997
Paul, age 19, at the Cavern Club, Liverpool.
“ We used to have wanking sessions when we were young at Nigel Whalley's house in Woolton. We'd stay overnight and we'd all sit in armchairs and we'd put all the lights out and being teenage pubescent boys we'd all wank. What we used to do, someone would say, 'Brigitte Bardot.' 'Oooh!' that would keep everyone on par, then somebody, probably John, would say, 'Winston Churchill.' 'Oh no!' and it would completely ruin everyone's concentration. „

—Paul McCartney, Many Years From Now, p.117, 1980


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