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Article: Live and Let Live: SIR PAUL
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- July 30, 2009
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Paul McCartney likes to get out of the Beatle bubble he's lived
in since he was 21 and just be a regular bloke. So he does. No
disguises, no bodyguards. Just Paul.
Sometimes he goes bowling. Or does the grocery shopping. Or goes
to movies with his girlfriend and gets shushed by strangers for
talking too much. A couple of years ago, he recalls, he found
himself on a New York City bus ("Luckily, I had the right change").
Or rather, New Yorkers found him on the bus.
Everyone stared as the famous passenger took his seat, but no one
said a word. Finally, someone -- "it was the African American
lady" -- spoke up. " 'Hey!' " McCartney imitates, his voice
rising, his delight at the memory ...