Paul McCartney: I can't cry on stage
Sir Paul McCartney reviews his songs as he sings them to stop himself becoming emotional.
The legendary musician found fame in band The Beatles in 1960 and has since forged a successful solo career as well as fronting his own group Wings.
His tracks are known for their meaningful lyrics, many of which were inspired by events in his own life. He doesn't let the emotions take over him too much while performing though as he understands his songs are interpreted in various ways.
"I'm really doing them just because they're songs. I mean, when I do Let it Be I'm not thinking about my mum. If there's one thing I know it's that everyone in that audience is thinking something different. And that's 50,000 different thoughts, depending on the capacity of the hall," he explained to British magazine Esquire. "Obviously, when I do Here Today as I do, that is very personal. That is me talking to John [Lennon, Paul's former Beatles bandmate who was killed in 1980]. But as you sing them you review them. So I go, [sings] 'What about the night we cried?' And I'm thinking, 'Oh, yeah: Key West'. We were all drunk. We'd delayed Jacksonville because of a hurricane."
Source: MusicNews.com
