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Sir Paul McCartney on fame: “You see people go crazy”

Sir Paul McCartney has opened up about the effects of fame in a new interview, saying that he believes it forces you to change.

The former Beatle is the most successful songwriter in UK chart history and is arguable one of the most famous musicians in the world.  With his experience, McCartney claims that fame can cause people to lose their grounding and slide off the rails.

Speaking to Mojo magazine, Macca said: ''It's really important to me to think back to [what I was like]. Because with fame, I think your biggest problem is that you grow out of your old skin, and you see people go crazy because there's nothing to anchor you anymore.

''So I love to think back. If you talk to someone about The Beatles, or Wings, or more particularly about when you were a kid, I love dredging those memories up.''

 

 

 

 

 

Watch Sir Paul receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame last year below: