Interestingly, the autobiography is arranged alphabetically to provide a kaleidoscopic rather than chronological account. What I do have are my songs, hundreds of them, which I've learned serve much the same purpose. I know that some people, when they get to a certain age, like to go to a diary to recall day-to-day events from the past, but I have no such notebooks. The one thing I've always managed to do, whether at home or on the road, is to write new songs. In the forward to his book, McCartney writes, 'More often than I can count, I've been asked if I would write an autobiography, but the time has never been right. His insights into his own artistic process confirm a notion at which we had but guessed - that Paul McCartney is a major literary figure who draws upon, and extends, the long tradition of poetry in English,' Muldoon had said in the same aforementioned statement. Paul McCartney, the iconic Beatles band member. 'Based on conversations I had with Paul McCartney over a five-year period, these commentaries are as close to an autobiography as we may ever come. Paul McCartneyвЂ™s 960-Page Memoir Chronicling Eight Decades of Songwriting Is an Instant Best-Seller. He even mentioned McCartney in a poem, 'Sideman'. Spanning two alphabetically arranged volumes, these commentaries reveal how the songs came to be and. He has given spoken-word performances backed by the musical collective Rogue Oliphant published a book of rock lyrics, 'The Word on the Street' and collaborated on the title track of Warren Zevon's 'My Ride's Here'. From his early Liverpool days, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his long solo career, The Lyrics pairs the definitive texts of 154 Paul McCartney songs with first-person commentaries on his life and music. Muldoon is known for such poetry collections as 'Moy Sand and Gravel' and 'Horse Latitudes', and also has a background in music. Irish poet Paul Muldoon has edited and contributed an introduction. IвЂ™ve tried to say something about how the music happens and what it means to me and I hope what it may mean to others too,' McCartney had said in a statement earlier this year while announcing the biography.

'I hope that what IвЂ™ve written will show people something about my songs and my life which they havenвЂ™t seen before.

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