Paul McCartney Answers Questions on Twitter

Paul McCartney took over the Twitterverse this morning for a Q&A session with fans about his upcoming studio effort, New, out October 15th. For about an hour, Macca talked about the cuts he was most proud of (“Early Days,” and the hidden track, “Scared”), the most memorable moments of the New sessions, and even got bi-lingual, answering a Japanese fan’s question about a lyric from “New”: “You came along and made my life a song” is about his wife, Nancy Shevell, McCartney said. From settling on the simple album title New to the last couple records he purchased – an awesomely varied selection of Kanye West, the Civil Wars, Jay Z and the National – we’ve rounded up highlights from McCartney’s Twitter Q&A:

Thanks @MichaelFulfs Finishing it! #askMacca

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 3, 2013

Cheers @JacksonBeatles The last albums I bought were by @kanyewest @The_National @thecivilwars and @s_c_ (Jay Z) #askMacca

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 3, 2013

Cheers @magicalmysterys There was a rumour about a year ago that @bobdylan & I might work together but we haven’t picked up on it #askMacca

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 3, 2013

Thanks @campbower I’ve been told I can’t say NEW so… “Fresh”! #askMacca

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 3, 2013

Thanks @dollybird1963 I was playing around with more poetic titles but NEW was a simple word and the name of a song on the album #askMacca

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 3, 2013

Thanks @okeeffe_thomas Nancy says she likes all of them, but I’ll have to ask her about which is her favourite #askMacca

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 3, 2013

#askMacca what do you think about the fact a large amount of your current fans are teenagers?

— Olivia McCartney (@olivoil7) October 2, 2013

Thanks @4flapjacks The last time I laughed uncontrollably was yesterday at the video shoot for ‘Queenie Eye’! #askMacca

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 3, 2013

Cheers @callumbay I wanted to write a song that would get the audience singing along #askMacca

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 3, 2013

Thanks @11Zico A love of what I do! #askMacca

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 3, 2013

Thanks @tatiii_andrade Many memorable moments but especially recording the slide solo at the end of ‘Appreciate’ in LA #askMacca

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 3, 2013

Thanks @WiressBeetee At meeting about the album cover someone came up with the logo, another said you could treat it in style of Dan Flavin

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 3, 2013

Cheers @allen_sosa I like ‘Early Day’s and the hidden track which is called ‘Scared’. But I like them all. #askMacca

— Paul McCartney (@PaulMcCartney) October 3, 2013