Paul McCartney's Ask Paul Twitter Chat
The first question that Paul answered was about performing. He was asked, "what goes through your mind when you walk out on to the stage with a huge crowd?" His answer - "Great excitement at their reaction"
Other music specific questions were ...
- Q. - How did you come up with the song "Blackbird?" A. - I was in Scotland & was playing guitar thinking of a Bach piece that we used to play & also the civil rights situation
- Q. - What was the inspiration for the song of Wings "Call Me Back Again?" A. - I was imagining being a kid and phoning a girlfriend who never answered
- Q. - How old were you when you wrote your first song? A. - I was 14 years old in Liverpool. It was called 'I Lost My Little Girl'
On the personal front, Paul shared some favorites ...
- His favorite TV shows are 'Veep' and 'Family Feud' ("We asked a hundred people!")
- His favorite Meryl Streep movie is The Devil Wears Prada
- His favorite horror movie is Alien
- His favorite film directors are Scorsese, Fellini and Dave Grohl
- His favorite sports are Football (Soccer), but to watch on TV: American Football, Track, and Basketball
- His favorite flowers are roses
- His favorite color is blue
- His favorite cheeses are cheddar, goats, feta and de Boursin
- When he was a kid, his favorite candy bars were Mars Bars
- His favorite pie is pecan
- His favorite classical composer is Bach
- His favorite pets are dogs (but he loves cats too)
- His favorite activist groups are PussyRiot and PETA
- His favorite cover of one of his songs was Esther Phillips version of "And I love HIM"
- His favorite bassline to play is "For the Benefit of Mr Kite" (at least at the moment)
- The song he calls the favorite of all he's written for other artists is 'Step Inside Love' which he wrote for the British singer Cilla Black ("but Diana Krall has one of mine coming out soon that I love")
On the super-personal front, Paul disspelled any rumors that he might have ink by saying that he has no tattoos, "Not even on my ass!" and to straighten out any confusion, he is not a cyborg - he is, in fact, "an alien!" (However, has no desire to ever go to the moon!)
