Love Me Do, the first song we recorded, John was supposed to sing the lead, but they changed their minds and asked me to sing lead because they wanted John to play harmonica.
Paul McCartneyYou see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.
Paul McCartneySo, if I'm cooking, I'll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
Paul McCartneySo many times, I will have people tell me what I did when I was younger. There's so much being written [about] the early Beatles period, and even pre-Beatles period. And people will say, "Oh, he did that because that, and that happened because of that." And I'll be reading and think, "Well, that didn't happen" and, "That's not why I did that." Like anyone's history, you remember what went down better than people who weren't there.
Paul McCartney