McCartney Times

Paul McCartney, who turned 80 June 18, is still “The Cute Beatle” — and so much more.

The nickname-happy media gave McCartney that label around the time that “A Hard Day’s Night” came out, at the dawn of worldwide Beatlemania in 1964. McCartney has allowed himself to look his age with great dignity. He lets a generous amount of gray hair shine through. There may now be a bit of a puddle around his midsection — not that most guys wouldn’t love to trade physiques with him — but big deal. What McCartney radiates will always allow him to look on the sunny side.

Do you want to know a secret? Paul McCartney acts his age. Happily!

Yes, a cynic would say dismissively, “Of course, he always looks happy. He’s worth a billion dollars!” As the Beatles once sang, on “She’s Leaving Home”: “Fun is the one thing that money can’t buy.”

McCartney remains philosophical. Remember the sentiment that he expressed on the cover of his first solo album, “McCartney,” in 1970, which contained a photograph of a spilled bowl of cherries: Life is not always a bowl of cherries.

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Source: Paul McCartney: The 80-year-old Beatle proves that we can age gracefully – MarketWatch