Wednesday Wickedness On The Run

Wednesday Wickedness features Sir Paul McCartney this week. You've probably heard of him. 






1. “George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.” No one likes paying taxes. But do you think the tax system is fair?




Kind of. It's not as fair as it should be, and not as fair as it could be. It should be simpler and more straightforward. But fair in general? I think so. The things I need cost money, and I need to help pay for them. I don't think everything I pay for is worth paying for, but that's probably true of everyone. 







2. “I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.”What did you think of John Lennon?




He was a poet, a visionary, a parent, and a husband. He loved his wife very much, but still cheated on her. He produced a lot of really brilliant, life changing, world changing music-and some dreck, too. He said wise things, and some foolish ones. He could have been a better person, but so could we all. He is missed. 






3. “I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do.” How do you approach your job whether in the workplace or at home?




With great reluctance. 





4. “I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.” Have you found that you have more tolerance for unusual people as you get older?




Very much so. I have learned many times the virtue of letting other people do what they want- it doesn't hurt me. 




5. “I don't take me seriously. If we get some giggles, I don't mind.” How seriously do you take yourself?




Probably too much. 
6. “I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.” Does your blog writing just flow from your head, or is it a lot of effort?




Depends. Sometimes it flows easily, sometimes it is a struggle. Those who read me probably wish I would put in more effort. 


7. “Think globally, act locally.” Do you do anything to help your local community?


I really don't.
8. “When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself!” Have you ever had a period where you felt that you were set financially?


No. 
9. “Lyricists play with words.” Do you think what you write on your blog is clever or just ordinary and why?




Hmmmmm. I guess ordinary. I can turn a phrase now and then, but the ratio of good stuff to dreck is probably 1: 20. 


10. “Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well.” Who in your circle knows how much money your family makes?

Nobody. I never talk about money, ever.