Paul McCartney explains how he handled fame after his old strategies failed.
The 83-year-old English musician and songwriter appeared on the Thursday, May 28 episode of The Zane Lowe Show on Apple Music, Where he reflected on his time as a band member of The Beatles, an English rock band formed by John Lennon, McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison in Liverpool in the 1960s.
Recalling his early days with the band, McCartney shared how he and his bandmates dealt with fame, when Lowe asked him how he remained “relatable” and still enjoyed his life.
He said, “I remember in the early days of the Beatles, we were recognized most places, but Ringo and I went on holiday to Greece with our girlfriends and nobody knew us.”
What made him relieved and thrilled as he rose to fame was finding a place where he could remain anonymous.
“It was like, ‘This is great. Wow, we should come here again and again. Even when we get really famous, we can always come to Greece and they’ll never know us.’ But, of course, it didn’t work out,” McCartney quipped, referring to the time they went to Greece.
There, he “realized, ‘Oh, if I’m lucky, I’ll be famous for the rest of my life,’ I thought, ‘Okay, big decision time.’ Now, you either stop and just think that was pretty cool. I had a great time with music, and you do something more anonymous or you keep going,” transgender The crooner recalled that he needed “some kind of strategy” to deal with his fame.
It’s worth mentioning that Paul McCartney’s passion for music remains alive, as he released his new album The Boys of Dungeon Lane on Friday, May 29.
