A Pit In Your Stomach All The Time

"All these sorts of things, these moments in your life, I know you really feel lousy. You've got a pit in your stomach all the time. So to me, the idea sometimes behind songs is to try and reach that person and say, 'Look, how about this thought?' So I'm always trying to do that. I notice. I'm always trying to say, look, it's going to be okay. It will be alright. I'm trying to be the voice of encouragement."  ~Paul McCartney (source)

"I said something wrong…"

Wow.  Seventy years ago Paul McCartney smarted off and embarrassed his mother, and he never really forgave himself.

From The Guardian:

“I know that she said something like ‘Paul, will you ask him if he’s going … ’

“I went ‘Arsk! Arsk! It’s ask mum.’ And she got a little bit embarrassed. I remember later thinking ‘God, I wish I’d never said that’. And it stuck with me. After she died I thought ‘Oh fuck, I really wish … ’”

You can read the full article online HERE.