McCartney's greatest hits were inspired by a woman

In his new book

, Paul McCartney takes a dive into the writing of 156 of his songs.

The opportunity to learn that the greatest inspiration of the ex-Beatles was his mother Mary.

From

to

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, Mary McCartney, who died prematurely from cancer, served as the muse for the artist who was only 14 years old at the time of her death.

“You don't have to be Sigmund Freud to see that this song is a direct reaction to my mother's death.

She died in October 1956 at the terribly young age of 47.

I wrote this song later that same year, ”he explains about the song

in an excerpt from the book relayed by

.

Shortly after this loss from which he never recovered, Paul McCartney met John Lennon who himself was to lose his mother Julia in tragic circumstances.

So be it

Regarding

, one of Paul McCartney's greatest classics, the legend has always wanted this song to come to him in a dream.

Many fans have often made the connection between the lyrics and the unconscious expression of mourning, which the artist had never really subscribed to until today.

“You know, the more I think about it, the more I tell myself that it could have influenced me unconsciously,” he concedes in his book.

Regarding

, it is "really a tribute to the mother figure, a tribute to women".

And finally,

tackle the unstoppable

whose title would have been whispered to the singer by Mary McCartney in a dream while the Beatles were going through the crisis that would lead to their separation.

“My mother was very reassuring and, like many women, she was the one who brought the family together.

[In the dream] she seemed to realize that I was worried about what was happening in my life and what might happen and she said to me, “Everything will be fine.

So be it (Let It Be) ””, Paul McCartney concluded of the song that gave its title to the Beatles' last album released in 1970.

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