Heartwarming moments involving Paul McCartney.
- "Hey Jude" was specially written by Paul for Julian Lennon, the oldest son of fellow Beatle John Lennon, to comfort the little boy over his parents' messy divorce and his father's constant absence and emotional neglect.Paul: I started with the idea ‘Hey Jules’ – which was Julian – ‘don’t make it bad, take a sad song and make it better. Hey, try and deal with this terrible thing. I knew it was not going to be easy for him. I always feel sorry for kids in divorces... I had the idea [for the song] by the time I got there. I changed it to ‘Jude’ because I thought that sounded a bit better.
- "Here Today", his tribute to John. May also overlap with Tear Jerker.
- "Maybe I'm Amazed", which he wrote for Linda.
- Live, Paul has performed "Something" in tribute to George and "Give Peace a Chance" at the end of "A Day in the Life" in honor of John.
- "We All Stand Together"
. - When he appeared on Carpool Karaoke with James Corden, Corden was visibly moved by them singing "Let It Be".Corden: I can remember my granddad, who was a musician, and my dad sitting me down and saying "We're gonna play you the best songs you've ever heard" and I can remember them playing me that.McCartney: Really?Corden: If my granddad was here right now he'd get an absolute kick out of this.McCartney: He is. [Pause. Corden wipes a tear from one eye.]
- Paul's admission, overlapping with Tear Jerker, that he still dreams about John, more than 40 years after his murder.
- In 2018, Paul participated in a March For Our Lives rally in New York protesting gun violence. When asked why the cause was important to him, he replied, "One of my best friends was killed by gun violence."
- In his 2004 book Two Of Us, writer and journalist Peter J. Smith chronicles his seven-year-old son Sam's discovery of the Beatles. Sam wrote to Paul, adding a little doodle of a left-handed guitarist to his letter. Peter and his wife cautioned Sam not to get his hopes up too high for an answer, since many celebrities are too busy to reply personally to fan mail. But weeks later, a reply arrived from Paul, a short but kind letter...with a little drawing of a freckle-faced young boy!
