#askPaul - Twitter Q&A Transcript

20.10.2014
#askPaul - Twitter Q&A Transcript
20 October 2014

Below is the transcript from Paul's Twitter Q&A yesterday including the world premiere of the track 'Beware My Love (John Bonham Version)' taken from the forthcoming reissue At The Speed Of Sound.

We grabbed a few more questions with Paul before he left which we will publish in the coming days, so remember to keep checking back!

Tweet your questions now! #askPaul pic.twitter.com/3vkXCLenWw

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@manicbeatles Which songs from 'NEW' have received the best crowd reaction so far? 'New' and 'Save Us' #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 30, 2014

.@callumbay @twitter @TwitterMusic And 'Hell to Pay' is about someone who doesn't give back and so there'll be hell to pay one day #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 30, 2014

.@callumbay @twitter @TwitterMusic 'Demons Dance'? Lord knows what that's about!... #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 30, 2014

.@HarrisonScruff A difficult question! Alligator was made up around the premise that there's always people out there doing better than I am!

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 30, 2014

.@beatlemann1 I like 'Appreciate'. I also like 'Early Days' and 'Save Us' #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 30, 2014

.@TueMccartney Hmmm. A good mango! #askPaul

— Meat Free Monday (@MeatFreeMonday) October 27, 2014

.@KatyBrownWrites @TwitterMusic How about a really nice salad for lunch #askPaul

— Meat Free Monday (@MeatFreeMonday) October 27, 2014

.@LindstrmTezz My favourite dessert? I have so many! Too many to choose a favourite. Rice Pudding comes to mind! #askPaul

— Meat Free Monday (@MeatFreeMonday) October 27, 2014

.@ranim_lennon @TwitterMusic Vary what you eat, rather than just pizzas. And think about how cool it is, what you're doing. Enjoy! #askPaul

— Meat Free Monday (@MeatFreeMonday) October 27, 2014

.@letitd @TwitterMusic They're fantastic! They love music and we love that. And we always have a party! #askPaul #OutThere

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 25, 2014

.@MariaElizaFaria This is true, yeah! We're coming to Vitoria, Rio, Brasília and São Paulo! #askPaul #OutThere

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 25, 2014

.@HarrisonScruff The audience! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 25, 2014

.@beatlzrule Not often, but sometimes if it's a really big show you can get a little nervous, but I'm able to calm the nerves these days

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 25, 2014

.@alvarezelizaa I try & look for a funky title that's relevant. After On the Run we figured we would be Out There on a number of levels!

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 25, 2014

. @elijahkraling Great excitement at their reaction #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@manicbeatles Summer holiday with the family and kids #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@JenniferMcBowie I love 'Veep' and 'Family Feud' ("We asked a hundred people!") #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@triglarrrrrrr @twitter I like a lot of them. How about cheddar, goats, feta and de Boursin #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@TheLegoguy15 I was in Scotland & was playing guitar thinking of a Bach piece that we used to play & also the civil rights situation

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@dollybird1963 No! It was my design team, Mike & Rebecca who suggested it and then my son-in-law Alastair suggested the neon #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@EmilyVidovich I hardly ever see sunrises so it's sunsets for me! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@YonosoyRodrigo probably Bach #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@beatlepaulmcca I was imagining being a kid and phoning a girlfriend who never answered #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@butlerb92 Difficult, but Brilliant! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@ClassicRockzzzz @twitter Dogs! (Although I love cats too) #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@marcosfelixm We've been playing with 'Appreciate' but it's kind of hard to do #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@goldengatr HOPEfully! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@alunvaughan There are so many that I love it's difficult to say but Esther Phillips version of 'And I love HIM' comes to mind #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@orbitalnick At the moment it's '...For the Benefit of Mr Kite'. It's challenging! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@davidspacekirk It was a surprise to hear how good some of the tracks still sounded, particularly 'Call Me Back Again' #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@clara_carvalhoo No I don't. Not even on my ass! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@TheRyanAdams I am in fact an alien! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@Beatlesmaniacs4 Football (Soccer), but to watch on TV: American Football, Track, and Basketball #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@vickjagger_ Alice Cooper! [ @RealAliceCooper ] #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@user8472 I love Meryl Streep. Devil Wears Prada is great, although everything she does is brilliant. #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@LoveTheFabFour 1st John & I are in Paris when he was 21 & generally goofing around. 2nd Pulling faces in hat shop! 3rd Nipple pointing!

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@shellybegood probably roses! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@petitnany The crazy enthusiasm and youth of the audiences. They're brilliant! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@andrewdaviis Yeah! I think that my team has put together brilliant packages that even I find amazingly interesting #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@ManuVFM97 Blue comes to mind #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@Oceans1156 I do like it, it allows me to go unrecognized in my disguise and Mars Bars were my favourite! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@ImagineJWLennon Patience! (Not sure if it's true but it's an answer!) #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@yourloveaway_ Yes I do - 'Singing in the Rain' or 'It's Raining Men' or 'Waterfalls'! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@cantadadejones I was 14 years old in Liverpool. It was called 'I Lost My Little Girl' #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@ohJOyouudidnt quite regularly. I think that the people in my audience know the songs better than I do. Excuse is I've written rather a lot

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@ReadyOwl @MusicVaultz It's made me healthier but certainly given me a compassionate perspective on the animals we share the planet with

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@besidepotter No I don't even like rollercoasters! #AskPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@oeizes I've been enjoying @foofighters new track 'Something From Nothing' and @Sia 'Chandelier' #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@jennikorn Kornball! You shall forever be known as this! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@_pri3to Gene Vincent singing Be Bop A Lula on the Capitol label which was sheer magic #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@dmiralbes4 My toes are in my mouth! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@declanjayyy The last time I tweaked I was with @katyperry. She was rather good at it! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@declanjayyy @katyperry TWERKED! (Autocorrect - sorry!)

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@Andrew_StClair There have been so many great hits made in that room that physically and spiritually it has a greatness built into it

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@RickRubin Yes I do. I don't know quite what, but I believe in a benevolent spirit that is behind everything that we do #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@Bearluffer 'Step Inside Love' which I wrote for the British singer Cilla Black but Diana Krall has one of mine coming out soon that I love

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@declanjayyy Even though I've known him for a long time the nearest is probably @bobdylan #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@Phil_McNamara There are many, but @S_C_ & @kanyewest comes to mind #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@domisilva93 ...Paul McCartney - vote for me! (He said modestly!) Though I'm not sure what state I'm in! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@AllonsyHP Drugs, Alcohol & Sex (he says with a wink) #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@ShawndelleD In fact because I happen to wear a walrus head in Magical Mystery Tour - I am the nearest any of use came! GooGoogAJoob!

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@Kittyprryde not really, but I do have some nice guitar picks from over the years and some nice books too! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@intenselipstick Yes. I studied in Switzerland! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@rockwithbeatles I love my young fans! I'm always surprised how many there are. I love the perspective of young people. #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@babyIiebers Alien would be my favoruite for the bit of chest-popping! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@EnglishSummers Si, Oui, Ja! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@FloraHausammann It's very good, but not enough! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@Yorkshiremouth Just left my wife Nancy in the street (Goodbye), and Hello is you @yorkshiremouth #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@amberleymadison I'm afraid I'm spoken for. So the answer is a firm 'No!' #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@mafeespinoza It just comes naturally to me! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@thefemtrooper Yeah, China! It seems like everyone else has, but I haven't! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@sixtimelosers Scorsese, Fellini and Dave Grohl! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@JoeMantegna I wrote 'Come and Get It' for Badfinger and 'World Without Love' for Peter & Gordon #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@idealist I do, @pussyrrriot & @peta

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@raisingbiz Yes indeed! And here’s the world premiere of it featuring John Bonham on drums: http://t.co/K7selVAvaO. #Wings #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@MackHalley It was fantastic! He was always on my top 5 drummer list and a great friend and ballsy drummer! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@selenaadearly A trifle cattish! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@WGedicks Pecan baby! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@sarahstacey92 Really beautiful, humbling and exciting at the same time #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@cham_ctc Maccadonia! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@rachael_nicolee Dave Grohl! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

.@marygerdt Spend three days in bed! #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

We grabbed a few more answers from Paul before he left which we'll post over the coming days. Thank you for all your questions! [MPL]

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014

Hey! This was fun, gang! Gotta run. Meanwhile I'll leave you with this song: http://t.co/K7selVAvaO. #askPaul

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 20, 2014