Paul McCartney: Confidence Through Songs

Despite repeated requests, Paul McCartney never sacrificed to the exercise of autobiography. In 1997, however, he agreed to entrust his friend Barry Miles with writing an “authorized” biography,

. A sum rich in information in which the Beatle wanted to clarify certain points and to clear up a large number of misunderstandings. He insisted in particular on the fact that his tastes predisposed him to the artistic avant-garde even before his enemy brother John Lennon met the Japanese plastic artist Yoko Ono. Fresh out of the exercise of evoking collective memories with the

Beatles

, Paul then intended to reestablish a certain number of facts.

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The work that is published today is of a whole different dimension.

With its impressive format, its abundance of unpublished photographs and the quantity of songs processed (154!), This sum takes on all the finery of a self-portrait.

Paul McCartney, who will be celebrating his 80th birthday

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