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What I have are my songs... they encompass my entire life. Paul McCartney. Spanning seven decades—from his early days in Liverpool through the historic decade of The Beatles to Wings and his long solo career—Paul McCartney's lyrics have revolutionized the way artists write about music, linking the definitive texts of 161 songs with intimate autobiographical comments on McCartney's life and music. Arranged alphabetically, these famous comments reveal the circumstances under which the songs were written, how they came to be, and the remarkable yet often wonderfully simple people and places that inspired them. Dozens of vignettes bring to life the working-class Liverpool of McCartney's youth, where delivery boys dropped off packages at the docks and visits to elderly ladies in the neighborhood inspired 'Eleanor Rigby.' McCartney also introduces us to his early literary influences, including Shakespeare, Lewis Carroll, and Allen Ginsberg, as well as Alan Durband, his beloved high school English teacher, and his mother Mary, who passed away when he was just fourteen years old. Yet the two strongest presences in the lyrics are McCartney's songwriting partner John Lennon and his 'Golden Earth Girl,' Linda. McCartney recounts encounters with the greats of his time: Bob Dylan, Andy Warhol, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Willem de Kooning, Dustin Hoffman, Michael Jackson, and many more.