What paid for the success of 80-year-old Paul McCartney

On June 18, 2022, Sir James Paul McCartney will celebrate his 80th birthday. We decided not to wait for this day and tell all the interesting things about the musician today. I am sure that not all the facts from the fascinating biography of the celebrity you know. What the famous singer managed to do during his life, you will learn later in the article.



James Paul McCartney I knew Paul McCartney was an iconic musician. But honestly, I had no idea how much. The article about the life of a musician on Wikipedia is so big that it took me an hour to read it in its entirety. It’s not that I read slowly. McCartney has come a long and exciting journey.

It will be impossible to describe everything in one article. Therefore, I have chosen for you the most interesting facts from the biography of the legendary artist and I hasten to share them with you!

Sir James Paul McCartney has made an incredible contribution to the development of world musical art. Over the years of his career, he has received many prestigious awards. For example, the musician is a 16-time winner of the Grammy Award. At the same time, a huge number of other artists throughout their lives dream of receiving at least one such award. In addition, in 1971 he received an Oscar for the soundtrack to the film “Let It Be So”.



Instagram / @paulmccartney McCartney repeatedly got into the Guinness Book of Records. For example, for the fact that 60 discs with his compositions received the “golden” status. The total circulation of the singer’s singles exceeded 100 million. The voice range of a Liverpool is more than 4 octaves. However, once during an audition in the choir he was twice refused.

I used to think McCartney was a real example of righteousness. In fact, appearances are deceiving! In fact, Paul was arrested several times. This happened at a Japanese airport. During a luggage check, his wife Linda's bag found a remarkable amount of a ban. The singer spent 10 days in isolation, although he was threatened with 7 years in prison.



Not everyone knows that McCartney wrote not only songs, but also paintings. He became interested in art in his youth, when he joined the London bohemian party. He met many famous creative people, which influenced his attitude and musical preferences. Today in one of the galleries of Liverpool there are more than 70 paintings of the cult musician.

Paul McCartney is a multiinstrumentalist. His first instrument was not the guitar. At the age of 14, when the musician’s mother died, his father gave him an old trumpet. So he wanted to distract the guy from the grief. And it helped! However, Paul exchanged the trumpet for an acoustic guitar, which is how he began his musical path.



In 2011, McCartney was recognized as one of the best bass guitarists ever. In addition, he plays drums, guitar, keyboards, mandolin, ukulele, double bass, block flute, melody, cello, violin and sitar.

I was struck by the fact that many of his songs McCartney wrote in his dreams. Or rather, I saw a text or heard a melody in a dream. So, for example, the sound of the cult composition “Yesterday” appeared. By the way, it still occupies a leading position in the world among the songs on which cover versions were made. Also one day in a dream, his deceased mother came to Paul. Then the singer was not going through the best period and suffered from various addictions.



Instagram / @paulmccartney I was in deep depression. It's been a crazy stretch of my life, a lot of things have lost their meaning. There was a void inside. I remember that night when I went to bed, I felt particularly bad. In a dream, my mother appeared to me and said, “Let everything be this way, don’t worry, everything will work out.” I felt a huge relief. And wrote Let it Be. That dream saved me when I was on the edge of the abyss, McCartney said.

In 1965, all members of The Beatles received the Order of the British Empire. This was the first time in history when Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain awarded this award to musicians. And in the late 90s, she awarded Paul McCartney a knighthood.



Instagram / @paulmccartney Interestingly, the event of the 65th caused a resonance in society. People were strongly opposed to some boys having such an honorary order. “For their contribution to the development of British culture and its popularization around the world” – this is what was written in the decree of the Queen. And I must say that now no one doubts that the award was awarded to musicians by right.

Finally, I left one of the sweetest facts from the biography of the singer. Paul McCartney hasn’t eaten meat in years. He became an ideological vegetarian when he realized that the lives of animals were as important to them as his lives were to him. It happened while fishing. The musician caught a fish, looked at it and realized that he would never eat living creatures again.



Instagram / @paulmccartney Let the biography of Paul McCartney inspire you to change something in your life. You might want to do music and painting and stop eating meat. The musician was not afraid to try something new. And as a result, I came to such incredible success.

We sincerely congratulate Sir James Paul McCartney on his anniversary and wish him many years of life.

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