McCartney the Emotional Beatle
Hollywood -- June 7, 1996 -- John Lennon was regarded by most as
the heart and soul of The Beatles, while Paul McCartney was seen
mostly as the cute one. Well, now he'll be known as the emotional
one as well. McCartney reveals, "One of the reasons I can write
melody is because emotion is thrown up through melody and I AM
emotional." In a statement to a member of the German press, he
adds, "I get accused of being sentimental but it's really that I
am quite emotional -- and I don't have a problem with that."
Although he admits he used to have a problem with it. "When I was
younger I would try to hide, to suppress my emotions, but these
days I'm quite happy to show them. I'm not afraid to shed a tear
watching a sad film." McCartney says he's often very moved by his
own music. "When I first heard a choir sing acapella at the end
of the first movment of Liverpool Oratorio' it made me cry. The
emotion of that moment moved me to tears and I'm happy to admit
that that is what music sometimes does to me. I remember being in
Africa once, hearing 30 African musicians play music in a style
that I'd never heard before and the power and emotion of it made
me weep -- and I mean really cry! I was gushing tears because of
the power of this music. It was such a good feelign for me, it
was a release. I felt like I was being born again."
Copyright (c) 1996 Beck/Smith Ent.