Paul McCartney - brilliant 15-min interview (1982)

[@fionanicolson2021]

Paul is exceptional in so many aspects. An amazing man❤❤

[@Rick-Jangle]

In 1982 I was 13 years old and becoming obsessed with The Beatles. Paul was almost 40 during this interview and I hung on every word he said! Fast forward to 2023 and I’ve just secured my ticket to see him play in Melbourne on October 21 this year. Paul is now 81 and I am 54. Where have the years gone! “Maybe I’m amazed”.

[@thesilvershining]

Oh my gosh I’m so happy for you!! I’ve never gotten to see him in concert and I probably never will 😢 But I hope you enjoy yourself!

[@penstar]

I saw him at the MCG in 1993, well worth the trip down from Ipswich!

[@godzillamanstreb524]

Cool!!🎉

[@gomogo2000]

Have fun! I'm seeing Ring💍 in Milwaukee in a month...and I'm 60. I remember when their last 6 albums came out, but I had much older siblings who introduced me to the music. I remember having a Hello Goodbye 45 I'd play on my record player in my room. Now I can finally say I've see a Beatle live. 🙂

[@abritandhisbikeinpoland6802]

I saw him at Knebworth in the UK with his wife Linda and many other top world rock stars in 1990 who played that day, and I was thinking he is old then, now he is 80, wow. I hope you have a great show!

[@jeffmarc1846]

How straight forward and honest. While living on Long Island, a friend of mine in eastern Long Island (NY) met him in a restaurant. he said he was very very approachable and very very nice! As he was walking out of the restaurant, Paul came up to him and said, "(his name - recalled what did you wind up having? ", "How was it? ". Amazingly down to earth not full of himself in anyway. This was about 15 years ago.

[@JasonThorneMagicLAMP]

I always thought all of the Beatles were ordinary blokes who became megastars, but still remained nice friendly ordinary blokes.

[@y4g3r44]

I'm both elated and saddened by this interview. Paul McCartney comes across as an authentic, original, gifted artist and person. He has given us so much over the years, to be happy about. Every interview I've seen over the years gives off the same impression. I feel so lucky to have lived during this era, and been to so many of his concerts. And I'm saddened because there are so few like him in this world. Sure there are other accomplished artists that are also nice people. But all the best things in this universe sure came together in this one, didn't it. Thank you, Paul McCartney, for all you have done for us. I hope to live long enough to see you perform one of them future ballads, as a 98 year old.

[@paulariese260]

It was a different time. People have been de-evolving for at least 100 years. Proof: there are fewer homeless dogs and more homeless people in America. Our priorities are upside down.

[@skygazer6898]

McCartney has handled fame and success throughout his life without any major hiccups, always remaining grounded. I do believe being a real family man helped keep him sane through the years and of course with the love and support of Linda McCartney

[@AsMightyAsBread]

Because he is Faul after '66

[@allendracabal0819]

Being intelligent probably has a lot to do with it. He is a very bright man.

[@johnp515]

@@AsMightyAsBreadGet help

[@patricksmith4424]

I think out of all the beatles, Paul is exceptional at all aspects of music and the showbiz world. There are two aspects of being a musician the actual making the music which can be solitary and projecting it to an audience and handling everything that goes with that. Paul is a master on all fronts.

[@azloii9781]

He was raised well

[@ceediddy925]

He shows us that talent and genius does not have to be accompanied with depression, drug addiction, or any of the destructive behaviors that are too common among the gifted few.

[@essessessesq]

he says he had an utterly horrendous 6 months or more after the Beatles ended...but survived it

[@nicolafiorillo4048]

I agree, he looks very stable, and a really nice person by the way. But! Would The Beatles have been the same without the "destructive" component, that is, John? of course not

[@ceediddy925]

@@nicolafiorillo4048 I agree with that. It must have been a version of yen and yang.

[@Fritha71]

Interviewer: "How long would you like to keep on doing this?" Paul: "This? Ugh...forever." Well, I think he really meant it!

[@ThaiThom]

Yes, that was an absolutely brilliant answer.

[@blite13]

it's a life long contract.

[@utha2665]

The interviewer was Bryant Gumbel, he hosted NBC's Today show from 1982.

[@thesilvershining]

Music is how Paul copes with life and keeps (relatively) sane. When his mother died he dove into music hardcore to deal with the grief he wasn’t allowed to show (“Northern boys don’t cry”) and so music has been how he deals with emotions/anxieties ever since. That’s why he’s so prolific, it’s like breathing. While a lot of his music seems happy & optimistic on the surface, if you really dig deeper a lot of it has a subtle melancholy. “Here, There and Everywhere” sounds innocent and sweet but it’s actually one of the saddest love songs because the girl he loves actually is NOT here there and everywhere with him like he needs. Even his vocal tone sounds sad.

[@zeusinduce788]

@@RAM71time stamp?

[@chilitoday]

You don’t see this kind of natural self assuredness from a guy who has been to the top. He was well brought up.

[@ingermallia-elromantico9998]

What a beautiful, honest human being Paul was then, and still is. Love you Paul, and thank you for the music xx

[@sexobscura]

🤣🤣🤣 Lennon would dispute your case (and he knew him)

[@fastfootedone]

you mean, Billy. Give credit where credit is due! 😉😉🤫🤫

[@agitatedmongoose]

​@@fastfootedoneyawn

[@aplaceforthelonely]

If I had a great script, maybe. But you kids wouldn't even know who I was let alone who all of Them are. The Men. 🍆

[@aplaceforthelonely]

​@@fastfootedoneI didn't think it was fair that you rule in fear. Real respect to the white men that get pushed to the edge and have control. That's real discipline. But it's the idea of free speech. Especially when talking about real issues in society which is what I assume I was referring to most likely in interpersonal relations as opposed to entrapment within this rectangle

[@thesilvershining]

God, this was a great interview. He’s always been a charmer but you can really see his emotional pain in some parts. He’s a fascinating human with genius talent (and many of the eccentricities that come with genius) but he’s still pretty damn grounded for being such a legend.

[@nancychandler768]

That’s not Paul McCartney

[@angelicaquirarte]

You are worshiping too much as everybody he pay a price for that ,if he wasn't for Brian epstein he wouldn't be here and rich

[@Turtledove2009]

Agreed - he is struggling emotionally here.

[@zdvxgf]

​@@nancychandler768 gullible

[@agitatedmongoose]

​@@nancychandler768I was just on the site Justice for James yesterday and I laughed so hard. Holy crap, me and my friends had tears coming out of our eyes from laughter. He was presenting a photo of Paul's Stage IEM as a prosthetic ear (and not to mention forced perspective illusion photos which happen every day as proof of Paul being shorter. Take a photography course sometime. Lol.) And he was comparing a 22 year old baby fat faced pictures of Paul to a mid to late 20s Paul with no baby fat and wondering how he changed so much slightly in 3 years. Lol. Not even to mention that everything and everyone under 30 changed in 1967. Music, fashion, attitudes, facial hair, etc. The hippie movement arrived and changed everything. By the 70s everyone looked like this. Even 1973 Ed Sullivan had longer hair and crazy sideburns. Faulers are missing the nuance and learning from living life gene. *And on Mike Williams' channel he did an "investigation" into Rubber Soul and proved there was no way they could write, arrange and record it all from October 12th to the 15th 1965 but what he conveniently forgot to mention was that they came in dry into the October recordings only after their June recordings.* Any conspiracy that needs multiple doubles is a very weak conspiracy indeed. Yes the world is corrupt but it's not as organized as you think it is. Lol. *The logistics of what you're proposing is straight out of a 13 year old mind.* ==== The whole foundation of the Tavistock conspricay was built upon fraud and deception. I can prove it to you by providing you a look into you how almost every single paragraph of the original book that started the whole conspiracy was copied and pasted from other books. Almost every single line. And I can provide you the original books as to where they all came from. But here's the kicker. Nothing in this book is credited to the original person who said it. Of which none of it had anything to with Tavistock. The citations were all made up to fit a made up scenario of a Tavistock conspiracy. Completely made up. This is not an opinion that it is not real. It's a fact. And I can prove it to you. ***I can send that over to you if you like**** ==== *You people have to stop mucking around in these tinfoil hat sites and thinking you're actually doing "research". I have firsthand knowledge that these sites prey on the easily fooled convincing them that they are the "critical thinkers" and that the rest of us are the unthinking sheep.* Look up actual Beatles facts. ****i.e: Paul still has the scar from his December 26th 1965 moped accident**** *Which has naturally changed over a lifetime like it should. Placing a scar on "Faul's" lip by a plastic surgeon is not like putting on a never changing Lego piece. They would have had to rip Faul's lip open deep completely in 1966 to make it so it can last and change over a lifetime (which it did). We know this didn't happen as we all would've noticed it at the time that his lip was ripped open fresh again like it was in 1965 the year before.* ***Paul bought the Scotland farm on June 7th, 1966 (moved in full time I 1970 after the Beatles broke up) *** ***Paul's penchant for what John called Granny music stayed consistent right through to the late 70s at times. Which was due to his father's music hall influences. With Paul surprising him with his dad's only song in the 70s (that he believed his dad wrote but his dad told him he lied when he gave him the surprise). *Paul's dad at his wedding in 1969 with pictures* *Paul and Michael going off to lunch together in the background not knowing they were in the shot in Get Back* Etc. ==== *My favorite sheep-like comment is that James looks like Vivian Stanshall. Lol.* *How can James look genetically like a disguise. Bahahaha (as your 70s Street Vivian had nothing to do with Linda, lol).* *Because according to your own theories that's exactly what Vivian and Faul are supposed to be. Faul with his surgeries and Vivian with his Hollywood prosthetics and strawberry blonde wigs.*** *As "William" is supposed to most resemble his first character Phil Avrill. Lol.* *Where at 20 James actually resembled Paul with his dad's droopy eyes, raised eyebrows and exact chin and his mom's light featuresand strawberry blond hair which he was straightup blonde as a kid. Same with Stella.* *Here is Paul smoking right-handed at the beginning of the press conference and throughout most of it. I change hands too all the time only using my left hand for the more delicate tak that need more dexterity like flicking the ash. Qnd in not ambidextrous. It's just the product of living in a right-handed world: If you reply TLDR I'll give you my bored yawn now. ====​

[@ArchieFatcackie]

The biggest and most successful pop star that ever lived and such a humble, grounded, down to earth guy.

[@thesilvershining]

He knows his worth and he knows he’s a legend-he also knows he doesn’t have to go around bragging about it. Kanye could learn a thing or two from him!

[@stephenfiore9960]

….God Blesses Humble people

[@Ruby16663]

​@@thesilvershiningKane who?

[@Sami-ArtAus]

I'm seeing Paul in a few weeks, but no John is the best.

[@Bill-tz3wg]

@@Sami-ArtAus - I caught Paul back in 2012 and he put on an AMAZING show (which is on my channel). A decade has passed but I'll bet you'll be astonished at how energetic he is and what a superb show he still puts on. He did almost 3 hours for us. No intermissions. No breaks. Just 3 hours of killer, killer music with bunches of Beatles tunes. All the great hits. Get excited. You're going to see a legend.

[@fdllicks]

Speaking as a bassist, he is and will be a legend and hero, forever.

[@ronreinhold8997]

From a song writing perspective, he is an institution.

[@bobowens3687]

I don't think there's a bass player on the planet that knows how to serve the song as well as Paul.

[@dodgecrockett3474]

@@bobowens3687, damn, you've obviously ever heard of Gerald Casale. Get your act together.

[@wendywendymatson5251]

I've been in love with PM since I was 13! And I'm a musician, guitar, bass, Mando and songwriter bcz of hearing I Wanna Hold Your Hand at age 13.

[@danedao]

His style is so original and unduplicated incredible!!

[@onyourmarkphoto]

Fabulous interview. Great honesty by Paul.

[@angelwings7930]

No honesty since he’s masquerading as Paul, yet he’s FAUL.

[@LoganMathews-z8j]

Paul may very well be writing songs when he's 98.. What a treasure. So glad hes still making music!.

[@vdkylo7251]

I love Paul McCartney with my whole heart. What a beautiful and complex man. All you need is love.

[@Downsdddgh]

I don't think he is complex. I believe it's all about simplicity to this man. To all the Beatles. "I want to hold your hand" "Silly love songs" Simple.

[@elisamaria3628]

its those big puppy dog eyes

[@MxCartney_Lou]

He is so precious

[@marurbina353]

cierto

[@Cherishthemoment]

The Beatles did something that affected everyone of us. A time, a place , a feeling.

[@joerichardwad1645]

So impressed with Bryant Gumbel in this interview. Makes a big difference when the interviewer is well-versed on their guest.

[@ksteiger]

Yes. Very intelligent questions.

[@deborahbarry8458]

Thanks. I was trying to remember his name. Excellent interview!

[@pickerdad8402]

Amen! The best interviewers are invisible. They gently lead the star to what he would really say in private to friends and family. Bryant does it to perfection.

[@chasey2327]

not sure on that - something a bit arrogant about interviewer slouching and trying to act cool when the star is the man opposite him.

[@herrforehead1279]

@@chasey2327 yeahh i got a strange vibe too

[@robbchastain3036]

Bryant did a great job here, asking and listening and not injecting any hyper happy talk. Thanks for posting this.

[@gregoryjclark81]

Bryant always gives a great interview. His work on 'Real Sports' these past couple of decades--impeccable.

[@Kevember]

Brilliant interview. The interviewer did a great job and Paul seemed quite comfortable answering his questions.

[@kathygilbert1970]

He's so intelligent and likeable.

[@doncourtreporter]

I saw The Beatles in Atlanta as a boy and saw Wings in DC as a young man. Now I'm old and they are unrivaled and unmatched still today.

[@pkgannon]

I love this man. Without him my life would probably be very different.

[@ChrisFitzGeraldPlanner]

Oh yeah.

[@aplaceforthelonely]

Every guy like you ends up a sad depressed lonely alcholic because Every man ends up a sad depressed lonely alcoholic... and the woman laughs and she laughs and she laughs 🎉

[@suzannefakhari3041]

You know that’s true. He spread love everywhere. Probably helped people cope. Inspired us to all love. Was great example as family man and his trade was his life.

[@scipiom4578]

He has continued to do it forever, grateful for all the years.

[@JAMStudiosIE]

The best questions of any McCartney interview I’ve seen. Paul seems at ease.

[@lornahuddleston1453]

Yeah. Beatles a definite highlight of my entire life. Lucky us. I can't imagine how life would have been like without them.

[@lornahuddleston1453]

I think it turns out Yoko had Paul busted when he went to Japan.

[@polytheneprentiss1534]

Yeah, Bryant Gumbel did a good job!

[@gretchennelson7056]

The one with Bob Costas was better

[@Turtledove2009]

Actually not. John said that he and Yoko were distressed by the episode and asked her to pull whatever strings she could to help Paul@@lornahuddleston1453

[@jimmcguy5511]

I saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan in 1964 at age 5. I cannot really separate John and Paul in my mind. Two greatest song writers of all time. I rank them as equal.

[@MaccaBulsi]

Lennon weit schlechter!!!

[@RomanPrag]

​@@MaccaBulsi shit comment

[@greghachey9325]

You're absolutely right - they are great on their own but something magical happens when they are together

[@leesmith9639]

​@@MaccaBulsidon't be so silly

[@pete1759]

So did I ! I was 5 and that was my cultural birth. It was magical.

[@mez5590]

The best part of being my age is that I got to experience the Beatles and this man in real time. It’s going to be a very sad day when he’s gone…

[@DeeTeaDee]

Gotta be soon now surely

[@lucytupper69]

He’s 86.

[@georgekoutoulakis1868]

@@lucytupper69 DOB 1942 81

[@lucytupper69]

@@georgekoutoulakis1868 That is JPM’s birthdate. Billy is near 86.

[@np4231]

@@lucytupper69 The one and only

[@mauriciomsk5805]

Beautiful interview. So humble and transparent. Thank you for making my world so much better with your talent,

[@joanne1114]

Great interviewer, you can tell he makes McCartney feel comfortable.

[@mazyrun09]

My partner & I finally got to see Paul in Glasgow 2017 . What a gig !! 🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@danielevensen5539]

You're right, man - this is a fantastic interview. Happy I watched this!

[@debbrunette650]

What a treasure. So glad hes still making music!

[@wignersfriend2766]

Paul may very well be writing songs when he's 98.

[@SpeciaK2954]

I hope so ❤❤

[@fergalhughes165]

"When I get older losing my hair, many years from now. Will you still be sending me a Valentine, birthday greetings, bottle of wine? If I've been out till quarter to three, would you lock the gate? Will you still need me, will you still feed me? When I'm 98"

[@MoonlightNothing]

WE ALL HOPE SO! 🙏

[@brent3760]

Let's hope he lives that long or longer. The world is a better place when Paul McCartney is alive! Thank God we had him at all! Musical genius. I am so happy I was able to live during his time. Even though I was born in 1984, The Beatles are my favorite and is the favorite of my 10 year old drumming phenom little man of mine! ❤️❤️

[@ugafootball247]

Agreed! I hope he’s around for that long too

[@jamesmilka9174]

He's always been so down to earth. He truly is a living legend.

[@jamesleenelson]

Linda McCartney is way underrated. She has the coolest backing vocals! She was perfect in the Wings’ songs, and the few she sang on her own, like Cook of the House, are great. I’ve always loved her plaintive, matter-of-fact singing. She was fine as a musician as well. She did her part. She really had to put up with a lot of petty and unfair criticism. I thought she was great!

[@pretorious700]

She couldn't sing live on pitch at all. She was not a musician either.

[@drakeholliday5671]

Seaside Woman is incredible

[@hifijohn]

@@pretorious700If she wasn't married to Paul she wouldnt be allowed anywhere near a stage or studio.

[@PaulFormentos]

Her backing vocals on Another day my fave

[@scottishlady1474]

She is the reason I never followed Paul's music after the Beatles. It was a joke to have her there. Not quite as bad as Joko but close. It was his choice.

[@George-ok6zt]

He was here he was there and now he's everywhere

[@jamesbone105]

Nice, I was 18 years old when this was done. Thank you for your upload. It brings back memories and what our world was like back then.

[@stephenfiore9960]

….day trippin’

[@pulserecordsltd7716]

It's hard to imagine a world without McCartney in it.

[@rohansask9638]

Already exists

[@adamskaboy]

His ears don’t match the real one…

[@lidiamori739]

@@adamskaboy his ears? lmao

[@PaulFormentos]

Not true, Billy is "McCartney" "IN ME LIVES HE"@@rohansask9638

[@agitatedmongoose]

​@@adamskaboyStop mucking around in these tinfoil hat sites who prey on the easily fooled by convincing them that they are the "critical thinkers" and the rest of us are the unthinking sheep. Lol.

[@hyacinthlynch843]

Paul was forty years old in this interview but looked like he was still in his twenties. He was so cute. ❤

[@danielj1063]

Agreed, and I'm straight 😄

[@Jimmybarth]

Another high value comment on how attractive a musician is

[@anthonyogata3828]

Especially for musician he did not age much between 1964 and 1982. Probably a testament to his diet and lifestyle.

[@PaulFormentos]

They did a great job with billy's plastic surgery before this interview.

[@rohansask9638]

Billy was 45 here.

[@jesuiscequejesuis2267]

I still can't get over how young they all were during the Beatles years.

[@MostlyLoveOfMusic]

all people from the past 100s and 1000s of years of history were young, and then they became old, then became non-existent

[@chazzabh]

Many of us were young once 🫠🫠

[@agitatedmongoose]

​@@chazzabhall of us.

[@leelack9691]

Fantastic, nice to see an interview that's not shallow

[@ericheine2414]

I met Paul McCartney in 1972. My Uncle Peter Heine was director of advertising for Billboard Magazine. Paul and Linda had come to 9000 sunset in Los Angeles California to sign the advertising agreement for Wings first album. The album contained the soundtrack for the 007 movie Live and Let Die. I was introduced to them in the southern conference room. After Peter had introduced us he asked if the three of us could keep each other company while he went down the hall and made a change to the contract. We said sure and I was left alone with Paul and Linda. Paul had the album with him and he was showing it to me and told me he was really happy to have it. I asked him why. He said he needed the work. I asked him why. He said he needed the money. I replied you're a Beatle how can you possibly need money. He explained that that was in the 60s and this was the first real work he had since he was a Beatle. Living as a Beatle was expensive and this was the first real money to cross his thresholds since he was a Beatle. This was amazing to me. Paul went on to explain that no matter who you are and money has a way of running in one side of your life and out the other. Paul needed to stay relevant. I turned to Linda I asked her if she was related to Eastman Kodak. She said no everybody always asks that. I said I'm sorry. She said and then they apologize. I felt kind of awkward so I said okay let's just enjoy each other's company and look out the window. We sit on the top floor of 9000 Sunset looking out the southern conference room window. We each started to comment on what a spectacle LA is. I said it looks like somebody went completely crazy with concrete and asphalt as far as you can see. Paul replied completely crazy. I said it was like an ocean of concrete and asphalt. Linda said it's like an ocean of concrete and asphalt with islands of big buildings sticking up out of it. My Uncle returned with the contract and Paul signed it. We said our goodbyes and Paul and Linda headed for the elevator. On our way home from Billboard Magazine my Uncle asked me what I thought of Paul and Linda. I said they seem like regular people to me. Peter responded "they are regular people with exceptional jobs." In 1973 Paul McCartney sent me a copy of the McCartney family calendar via my Uncle with a special hello from Paul. Paul is the kind of guy who remembers a 13 year old kid. Thank you Paul I haven't forgotten thank you for the calendar. Very cool. 3:59

[@slydogmania]

What a great story

[@SpaceCattttt]

This video is either badly framed or zoomed in, but regardless, it's refreshing to hear Macca speak so openly and honestly for a change. He's had a lot of years since 1982 to mellow out a bit and forget how he once felt, but everything was still fresh here, and for whatever reason, he seemed to relax with this interviewer.

[@mikem3789]

Once a beatle always a beatle, right? Yes, of course. They done landed the mother ship and there they were, forever cemented. Legends. The life of legacy, musical legends. Historical.

[@ethanwashoe5868]

So in that case there’s still 3 Beatles alive. Pete best

[@gretchennelson7056]

No. Pete Best is not part of the Fab Four

[@ethanwashoe5868]

@@gretchennelson7056 but he said once a beatle always a beatle and Pete best was once a beatle

[@Downsdddgh]

Pete Best is part of the Beatles success. Practice makes perfect and Pete sat in on many of those sessions. Let's give Pete his due.

[@freybentos2602]

The best thing about the Beatles, is how down to earth they were and how much perspective they give things. Obviously they had ego’s who wouldn’t with the heights they hit but they still were also down to earth they didn’t completely lose themselves were others have

[@willswalkingwest7267]

It was Linda's pot in Japan. When they found it, he looked at Linda and she mouthed the words, "I forgot". He took the fall for her. That's love. To Gumball's credit he came up with some good and interesting questions.

[@allendracabal0819]

Gumball was a machine in this interview.

[@DeeDee-lz8zx]

Yoko tipped Japanese officials off to the pot.

[@welcometothepsyop3639]

Read the memoirs of billy shears to get the real story

[@oginaz]

@@welcometothepsyop3639just stop

[@kenyamada1462]

@@welcometothepsyop3639 rotten brain

[@CupidStunt72]

Wow. The interviewer has a great way of disarming a pop legend with his relaxed style & great, well-onserved questions. Brilliant

[@mariapilarme]

He is Brian Gamble he is very famous.

[@lwdfn7479]

His name is Bryant Gumbel.

[@chasedwards9626]

Bryan Gumball is a excellent sports news man

[@petes9524]

Honest, open, intelligent and just a lovely guy

[@kennethcapps2223]

I was 15 and had been a Beatle's fan since I was a child. My oldest brother was a Beatle's fanatic!!!

[@michaelkearney-mm6yn]

'The Creative and The Judicial'. Worth the price of admission on this one. Thanks, Q 😎

[@Downsdddgh]

It's about flow for Paul. He talks about that often.

[@Zx-ln1lk]

This is a brilliant interview,by Paul,but the interviewer asked some brilliant questions

[@dondamon4669]

There will never be a perfect two as Lennon and McCartney! There relationship was to intense to last. They were both leaders of the band but had to pretend they wasn't so imagine the uneasyness! They both loved each other in a bro way and both knew that themselves and eachother were genuis

[@lucashoffmannn]

He said he wanted to go on forever, and he sure did! I'll be seeing him in November here in Brazil

[@suzannefakhari3041]

True fan of Paul Mcartney since quite young. Say 8 or 9 years old. Saw them on tv first time landed in US. Saw on Ed Sullivan show. Followed whole life up to now at 68. Still enjoy interviews and songs. Love his and Linda’s documentary. So rare. They were so normal. Loving couple and family. Hit it high and hit it low. Always practical and creative. Precious family. Good example to all other musicians and pop folks. Teach your children well. Love them every day.

[@kevinscheuller4429]

Thanks for sharing this! I’m sure I saw it when it first came out but it sure is great to see it again all these years later.

[@Paul-dw2cl]

he’s actually had a tough life, and it’s easy to forget

[@TheAuteurist23]

A lot of loss

[@MiTmite9]

When I think of Linda, I am always amazed at how well he survived that grief.

[@PaulFormentos]

Including his Sept 11 1966 death

[@marktrimnell8245]

@@PaulFormentos Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@AllofJudea]

​@@PaulFormentosyou people are nutters. You make the flat earth people look sane

[@debradonato5659]

Paul Is A Musical Genius ♥️♥️♥️♥️🌟🎼🎶🎵🎤🎸

[@banba317]

"Paul McCartney certainly has no reason to be insecure..." Nonsense; he's human, we're all insecure about something. And being an artist, no matter the medium, when you put something of yourself out in the public domain, you 'bare your soul' a bit and you will always be a bit anxious about how its received. That's why so many artists seem to have split personalities with a dark side or why they appear vain or shy. Each work of art is like one of your children... you hope for the best, but there's always a chance it will flop. Paul is confident, without being arrogant; a rare gem.

[@thesilvershining]

Exactly!!

[@aliofly]

I think Paul is more insecure than people imagine, which is amazing considering he’s been such a success basically all his adult life; but this is no bad thing for an artist to be

[@peter22564]

once an artist always a artist in life we say live love and leave a legacy you done it paul thank you very much

[@stevefaure415]

"There were better musicians than Linda, but that wasn't the point." But it was the point that everyone who, pretty cruelly, criticized Linda for being up there missed. They were a couple and got to go out on adventures and do fun things together. I mean, that's a pretty decent, admirable, loving thing to do. And heck, it's really not Wings without Linda anyway.

[@jackorbit7258]

Good interview. Paul is a down to earth guy and genius.

[@jorgeb555]

Thank you for the title of this video. It’s the only thing that got me to watch it, and you are right! So many lousy, interview is over the years. This is not one of them!

[@jasonmardoniomeza1711]

What a life this man has lived. Went to Hamburg with the Silver Beatles 😉 in 1960 at the age of 18. His group the Beatles became the biggest band in Britain and Europe just 3 years later in 1963 at the age of 21. Then just early the next year in February 1964 came to America with the Beatles and they became the biggest band in America and then the whole world still at the age of 21 years old!!! Paul then wrote one of the most classic songs and most covered songs of the twentieth century just a year later writing Yesterday at the age of 22. Then did all his work with the Beatles helping them produce one of the greatest....if not the greatest album of all time......Seargen Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album in 1967 at the age of only 25 years old. Writing all those classic number 1 songs with John Lennon and many by himself until the Bestles officially broke up in April 1970 when Paul was only 27 years old. He then went on to do the group Wings in the 1970s and had many successes with them touring the whole world successfully breaking attendance records and writing many more #1 hit songs. Then went on to do his solo career throughout the 80's , 90's , 2000's , 2010''s and is still going strong in the 2020's just announcing a new Tour in Australia in 2023 at the age of 81 years old???? This man is amazing! I don't think Paul McCartney has ever been through a dry phase or writers block when it comes to his songwriting ability. Except for maybe a very short period in the mid 1980's but that could well be from Paul spending more time raising his children with his late first wife Linda McCartney. By the way...I think Linda McCartney is a big reason why Paul remained so strong after the Beatles broke up in 1970 and up until Linda's untimely passing in 1998. I think Linda deserves alot of credit for the way she supported Paul throughout her life being a loving wife to him and loving mother to their children. She gave Paul strength and made him a home and family. But back to Paul's songwriting....it is exactly like Bob Dylan has said recently about Paul McCartney that he is in awe of Paul and it seems that Paul's songwriting is just effortless. For a guy who was never classicaly trained in music or who was never taught as a child to ever read music and who still to this day never learned to read or notate music....Paul McCartney is a master songwriter and tunesmith writing all of his songs and melodies completely by ear. I hope Paul lives another 20 to 30 years making more music for himself and for maybe young new artists in the future. The day Paul McCartney passes on it will be truly a huge loss for music.

[@malachy9400]

You're seriously deluded, this guy done some of that stuff you talk about but please don't give him credit for anything pre 1967.

[@agitatedmongoose]

​@@malachy9400Stop mucking around in these tinfoil hat sites who prey on the easily fooled by convincing them that they are the "critical thinkers" and the rest of us are the unthinking sheep. Lol.

[@MrThedonhead]

Being a musical genius and your job is creating is a painful life. You can tell Paul tried his best not to suffer for his art. Its almost like the real Paul is down, introspective, insecure, loner, ruminative, soulful deep thinking person that worries alot and he seems to fight against that so he normally cones across as super happy, silly,no worries, everything's great, lifes good, be positive but anyone who acts like that is not usually that way especially the man who has written all them songs! Them songs have cone from a very complex ,mixed up ,trying to be positive person who just wants to be happy and is genuinely grateful! Him and John changed the world snd it must of been a burden! Hes a hero to me! Hes Paul fxxcking McCartney!!!!

[@SusanGoldberg-l9p]

The real Paul died in late 1966.

[@rockturtleneck]

Excellent interview with great questions by Mr. Gumbel.

[@merlinscat]

They were exciting times I was a Beatle nut in the sixties, I remember my mum taking me and my sister to see A Hard days night at the Cinema in 1964

[@Downsdddgh]

Saw it also at the downtown theatre.

[@gordonmorris6359]

No icon was ever more deserving of longevity.

[@sammiesteers3336]

Just watched the film yesterday and hearing all the beatles songs he wrote gave me goosebumps. Seeing what hes actually done for music is astonishing and to think hes still going now, what an icon. ❤

[@giovannyguerrero]

2023 And He is on Tour again¡ Long live Paul McCartney.

[@foleywallace459]

You are correct. A fantastic candid interview that I’ve never seen before. Thank you.

[@PeterParker-gt3xl]

His music is timeless.

[@lpdog82]

paul's music will be with me forever, paul mccartney is such an amazing singer and brilliant songwriter , the beatles , wings and his solo songs are beyond amazing

[@andrewmills509]

It’s amazing that Paul looks younger in this video 1982 then he did around the end of the Beatles let it be/abbey road 1969/70

[@marileelockwood5408]

Paul is such a beautiful man, I could listen to him for a long time!❤️✨

[@nicolasbarake]

Great interview. Thanks for sharing!

[@carmenmusiclover.0532]

Paul the best musician ever on earth and his interviews are always fantastic ,such a great storyteller too.

[@RicRod1000]

Really nice interview. Had the luxury of doing it over several days but asked very relevant questions and wasn't trying to be sensationalistic. Good job.

[@deborahbarry8458]

Fascinating interview. How did you know that it happened over several days?

[@gretchennelson7056]

Uh, several days? Try 15 or 20 minutes. Several days😂🤪

[@gretchennelson7056]

@@deborahbarry8458It didn’t.

[@artgirl831]

Saw him in early 90s at Soldier Field in Chicago. Saw him again in 2017 in Wichita, KS. Awesome. I've loved the Beatles since I was 3 and they were on Ed Sullivan.

[@danielj1063]

Same

[@ysgol3]

Hunter Davies, the Beatles' only official biographer, wrote that in 1982 he spoke to Paul a lot and Paul was very upset about many things. I find Hunter a very honest, reliable source. He comes over as so relaxed, gentlemanly and sensible here, maybe that was the 'public' Paul wearing his cheerful ex-Beatle mask. His comments about his relationship with John at the end of John's life have changed down the years. Now, he talks as if they'd become great friends again, here he talks about things left unsaid, and there's an interview (on KZbin) from late November 1980, a week or so before John's death, in which he says he prefers to avoid talking about John in public because for some reason John always gets upset about something. What's the truth? Only Paul knows now, and I reckon he's earned the right to spin any tale he wants. As he once said about talking to the media, 'I lie all the time'.

[@MrThedonhead]

Paul is music! Hes the most musical man we have ever had. If you told him to go away and write a punk album he could do it, same as any genre, he could do. But his music is simply McCartney music its so eccentric and no one else writes music like him. Ram is one of the best albums of all time. And gid imagine if he died young how he would be viewed now!!

[@Jaseph2]

I love Paul’s honesty in this interview. I still believe that it’s not easy being Paul 60 years of adoration of fans but he has managed to remain a normal guy.

[@arsen5479]

The Greatest Songwriter Of All Time.

[@ZAOUWV]

Bach?

[@SleazyNice]

Second greatest. John Lennon is the greatest songwriter of all time.

[@sakalomebolikili3971]

​@@SleazyNicetbh you can't argue with that😂

[@gipperbanana]

Top tier , along with Cole Porter , Rodgers and Hart and Bob Dylan ...Paul is my personal favourite but these were pretty close

[@howardozo]

One of the best pop writers not best songwriter. Bernstien, Sondhiem? Too many brillaint show and film musical writers.

[@strangebrew1231]

I wish Paul had the opportunity for a super in depth and honest interview while he was still young. These days he just tells the same 4 stories over and over because people have the same 4 questions.

[@browndaniel5703]

His beauty is that he is the same person today. Love Sir Paul

[@honorahs.3262]

I loved band on the run! Amazing song! ❤

[@jwl2469]

I remember these interviews. They were spread-out over three days on the Today Show in April of 1982 promoting "Tug Of War". I set the hernia-making $1000 1981 RCA VCR to record and watched 'em when I got home from school.

[@chrisp8241]

What would the world be if those boys had never been in that band? I cannot imagine my life without them since I was 13.

[@1atomicblond1]

Sir Paul McCartney has to be the coolest dude on the planet. His genius speaks for itself. May God bless you Paul.

[@GrandpaOnATunedScooter]

Macca - A national treasure 🇬🇧

[@snatchhog]

He looks so young😊

[@frankrichards1920]

he had the look and still does at 81 , and even though i did,nt grow up in the elvis era ... he'd had the look too and a cool persona ,paul really dug elvis too. they just had..IT!!!!

[@essessessesq]

John Lennon in his 1970 Playboy interview said he took Paul into his band because [1] Paul could play 20 Flight Rock on guitar, and [2] he had a bit of Elvis's good looks that girls would like.....

[@robertfranklin8704]

A fine musician, and a wonderful guy. We vegos especially love his creativity and humanity. God bless you and your family! 🎉 😊

[@russellpiccone869]

Paul is so cool I❤Paul since1963

[@misnoma]

Best interview with Paul I've seen

[@redhotchilipepper432]

I love his answer.. “my god Paul McCartney has no reason to be insecure” “I’m insecure. Just like everyone.”

[@fionnmcnessa]

So honest good man paul at 40 years old im sad i didnt live through the the Beatles time but i know good and special music and the Beatles music stands the test of time .

[@tomault3063]

"I don't care to much for money; money can't buy me love."

[@kyliaeastwell1394]

Intelligent, thoughtful, wise, compassionate, talented, easy in his skin (even if he is insecure!). Great interview.

[@Rugmunchersauce3]

Thanks for posting but it's a shame it's all cut up, often when Paul was in the middle of an interesting response.

[@slydogmania]

Unfortunately that was all there was audio wise

[@vnrjn8]

Very good. Thank you.