>> Stephen: LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN, HE USED TO HAVE A COUPLE OF BANDS, MANY FEATURED
ON YOUR FAVORITE LUNCHBOXES, BUT NOW HE IS THE AUTHOR OF "HEY,
GRANDUDE," PAUL McCARTNEY IS HERE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ABOUT THAT
BOY GROWING UP IN LIVERPOOL. IF YOU DON'T MIND ME ASKING, I
KNOW YOU MOTHER DIED WHEN YOU WERE 14, AND I KNOW THAT MANY
PEOPLE ASCRIBE A TRAGEDY IN AN ARTIST'S YOUTH TO BEING AN
IMPETUS FOR THEIR SORT OF CREATIVE SPIRIT, BUT A LOT OF
PEOPLE HAVE TRAGEDY AND DON'T BECOME ARTISTS. IN WHAT WAY TID YOUR MOTHER'S
DEATH AFFECT YOUR WORK? IF THAT HAD NOT HAPPENED, WOULD
YOU STILL HAVE BEEN MUSICIANS OR BE THE MAN YOU ARE? >> WELL, I DIDN'T THINK IT HAS
AFFECTED ME MUSICALLY. I JUST KNEW IT WAS A TRAGEDY. I HAVE A YOUNGER BROTHER THAT'S
A YEAR AND A HALF YOUNGER THAN ME, AND TO LOSE YOUR MOM AT 14
IS NOT EASY. SO IT WAS JUST VERY DIFFICULT
FOR A FEW YEARS JUST TRYING TO COME TO TERMS WITH IT, BUT THEN
I FOUND MUSIC. JON -- AND JON LOST HIS MOTHER,
TOO, TRAGIC CIRCUMSTANCES. >> Stephen: AT 17, I THINK. O WE HAD A BOND, WE BOTH
KNEW ABOUT THAT, WE KNEW THAT FEELING, AND I NEVER THOUGHT IT
AFFECTED MY MUSIC UNTIL YEARS LATER. PEOPLE WERE SAYING, WELL THAT
SONG "YESTERDAY," "WHY SHE HAD TO GO, I DON'T KNOW, SHE
WOULDN'T SAY," THEY SAID, THAT'S YOUR MOM. I SAID, WELL, MAYBE, I DON'T
KNOW. I CERTAINLY DIDN'T MEAN IT TO
BE. >> Stephen: YEAH. BUT IT COULD BE. YOU KNOW, THOSE THINGS CAN
HAPPEN. BUT, YEAH, NO, I THINK THEN IT
GAVE YOU THE IMPETUS TO JUST GO AND HAVE A GOOD LIFE, WHICH I
KNOW SHE WOULD WANT. >> Stephen: BECAUSE YOU KNOW
IT'S PRECIOUS, IT CAN GO AWAY. >> MM-HMM. >> Stephen: YOU MENTIONED YOUR
FRIEND JOHN. HERE'S A BEAUTIFUL PICTURE OF
THE TWO OF YOU. THAT'S A REALLY LOVELY PICTURE
OF THE TWO WRITERS TOGETHER. DO YOU REMEMBER THIS MOMENT? >> I DO, YEAH. AND THAT'S A VERY SPECIAL
PICTURE FOR ME, ACTUALLY, BECAUSE, WHEN THE BEATLES BROKE
UP, A LOT OF THE TALK WAS THAT, LIKE, I WAS THE VILLAIN AND THAT
JOHN AND I DIDN'T REALLY GET ON WELL, AND IT WAS A LOT OF DOWN
TALK ABOUT IT BECAUSE EVERYONE WAS SAD THE BEATLES HAD BROKEN
UP, AND I KIND OF BOUGHT INTO IT. >> Stephen: THAT YOU WERE THE
VILLAIN? >> A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE WHEN YOU'RE CALLED IT ENOUGH, YOU START SAYING, WELL,
MAYBE I WAS, YOU KNOW. SO I HAD TO DO A LOT OF SORT OF
WRANGLING WITH WAS I, WASN'T I? DID I KNOW JOHN? WERE WE FRIENDS? YOU KNOW, KNOWING REALLY WE
WERE, BUT THERE WERE SO MANY RUMORS ABOUT IT, AND THAT PHOTO,
WHEN I SAW THAT, IT'S LIKE, YES, WE WERE FRIENDS. AND IT'S A BEAUTIFUL PHOTO FOR
ME BECAUSE IT JUST REMINDS ME OF US WORKING TOGETHER AND HOW COOL
IT WAS. >> Stephen: DO YOU REMEMBER
WHAT SONG THIS WAS THAT YOU WERE WORKING ON? >> NO. DO YOULE? ( LAUGHTER )
YOU PROBABLY DO. >> Stephen: I WAS ALWAYS
IMAGINING THIS WAS YOU -- ( APPLAUSE )
I HAD SEEN THIS BEFORE, AND THIS COULD BE TOTALLY OFF BASE, BUT I
WAS IMAGINING THIS WAS YOU TALKING ABOUT THE LONG MEDLEY
WITH HIM. >> YEAH, IT COULD BE. THAT'S A VERY GOOD GUESS. >> Stephen: THANK YOU. THAT'S PART OF THE JOB. WE'VE GOT TO GUESS THINGS LIKE
THIS. I CAN ALSO GUESS YOUR WEIGHT AT
THE CARNIVAL. ( LAUGHTER )
ASIDE FROM INTERVIEWS, WHEN YOU'RE ASKED ABOUT JOHN LENNON,
HOW OFTEN DO YOU THINK ABOUT JOHN? >> QUITE OFTEN, YEAH. I DREAM ABOUT HIM. >> Stephen: REALLY? WOULD YOU MIND SHARING ONE? >> NO. >> Stephen: OKAY. URE. I MEAN, THE THING IS, YOU KNOW,
WHEN YOU'VE HAD A RELATIONSHIP LIKE THAT FOR SO LONG, SUCH A
DEEP RELATIONSHIP, YOU KNOW, I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE REVISIT YOU
IN YOUR DREAMS. SO I OFTEN HAVE BAND DREAMS, AND
THEY'RE CRAZY. I'M OFTEN WITH JOHN JUST TALKING
ABOUT DOING SOMETHING, AND I COME TO GET MY BASS READY TO
PLAY, AND IT'S COVERED IN STICKY TAPE. YOU KNOW, DREAMS! ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: SURE, I KNOW. O, YOU KNOW, I'M PICKING UP
A THIS STUFF OFF AND TRYING TO TALK TO HIM. NOW, I HAD A LOT OF DREAMS ABOUT
JOHN, AND THEY'RE ALWAYS GOOD. >> Stephen: DO YOU EVER WRITE
SONGS IN YOUR DREAMS? >> YEAH. "YESTERDAY." >> Stephen: WHAT? "YESTERDAY" WAS WRITTEN IN A
DREAM? >> UH-HUH. >> Stephen: PLEASE, TELL ME. I WOKE UP ONE MORNING, AND
THERE WAS THIS TUNE IN MY HEAD, AND I HAPPENED TO HAVE A PIANO
BY MY BED. IT WAS A LITTLE APARTMENT. SO --
( HUMMING ) -- WHAT IS THIS? I THOUGHT, IT'S JUST AN OLD TUNE
MY DAD MUST HAVE PLAYED, OR I JUST HEARD IT YESTERDAY, YOU
KNOW. ( LAUGHTER )
AND, SO, I WENT AROUND TO ALL MY FRIENDS, TO JOHN FIRST, WHAT'S
THIS? WHAT'S THIS TUNE? AND HE'D GO, I DON'T KNOW. SO I WENT TO GEORGE MARTIN,
PRODUCER, GEORGE, YOU KNOW A LOT OF SONGS, WHAT'S THIS? HE SAID, I DON'T KNOW. SO AFTER ABOUT A COUPLE OF
WEEKS, I DECIDED IT WAS MINE. ( LAUGHTER )
>> Stephen: AND NO ONE CAME OUT OF THE WOODWORK. >> NOT YET. ( APPLAUSE )
>> Stephen: THAT REMINDS ME, YOU KNOW THIS MOVIE "YESTERDAY
"-- . >> YEAH. >> Stephen: THAT JUST CAME
OUT. >> YEAH. >> Stephen: HAVE YOU SEEN IT? YOU KNOW -- YEAH. PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SAYING TO US,
WE'LL GIVE YOU A SCREENING. I SAID, I'M NOT SURE WE WANT TO
GO TO A SCREENING. SO I SAID, NANCY AND I, WE'LL
JUST GO TO THE CINEMA. SO WE DID LAST WEEK THEN. >> Stephen: SO YOU JUST WALKED
INTO A MOVIE THEATER? >> CORRECT SNOOD FOR THOSE OF
YOU WHO MAY NOT KNOW, IT'S ABOUT A WORLD IN WHICH SOMETHING
VAGUELY MAGICAL HAPPENS AND THERE'S ONLY ONE MAN ON THE
ENTIRE PLANET WHO KNOWS THE BEATLES CA CATALOG, THE BEATLES
NEVER EXISTED, AND HE'S SOMEWHAT OF A FAILED MEW SESSIONS AND HE
STARTS DOING THE SONG AND EVERYBODY LOVES IT AND HE
BECOMES A MUSICIAN. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THAT? >> IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD PLUG FOR
ME. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
WE WERE IN THE BACK ROW OF THE CINEMA, WE PLANNED THAT MUCH. >> Stephen: SURE, SURE. O WE WERE IN THE BACK ROW. THE GUY IS SORT OF SAYING, THIS
IS PAULA PAUL McCARTNEY, THE GREAT SONG WRITER, I WAS KIND
OF -- ( LAUGHTER )
IT WAS GREAT. IT WAS A GOOD WAY TO SEE IT. I WANTED TO SEE IT WITH PEOPLE
RATHER THAN A CORPORATE SCREENING. >> Stephen: SURE. O WE DID. I THOUGHT IT WAS A NICE MOVIE. >> Stephen: YOU KNOW WHAT I
LIKED ABOUT IT IS IT GOT ME EXCITED BECAUSE EVEN IN A WORLD
WHERE NO ONE'S HEARD OF THE BEATLES, JUST THE MUSIC ITSELF
MOVES PEOPLE. IT'S A MESSAGE TO YOUNG
GENERATION THAT THIS IS NOT HYPE, THIS IS BEAUTIFUL MUSIC
OFTEN ABOUT LOVE AND THE NEED TO LOVE OTHER PEOPLE. ( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE )
SADLY, WE HAVE TO TAKE ANOTHER COMMERCIAL BREAK, BUT IF YOU
STAY THERE, HE'LL BE RIGHT THERE WHEN YOU COME BACK.
