From the Book - First North American edition.
The Barnum & Bailey Beatle
From the Large Print - Large print edition.
Stairway to Paradise. 'Hey, mister gimme a quid and I'll show you Paul McCartney's house'
'Apple sandwiches with sugar'
'I learned to put a shell around me'
'Paul seems to make John come alive when they were together'
'Just who do you want to be, Paul? Tommy Steele?'
'Everything's mad here. People never sleep'
'Oo, Vi, give me legs a comb'
Little Richard's got on my shirt! I can't believe it!'
The Barnum & Bailey Beatle. 'Did you know he sleeps with his eyes open?'
'Changing my life with a wave of her hand'
'Long life and happiness and lots of marzipan butties'
This is what a Beatle does in the evenings'
'It's a big one, 'cos I like big houses'
'You might almost have said an alien had landed on the Mull'
Return of the Jim Mac Jazz Band
'Everything was off the top of Paul's head'
'A beautiful place where beautiful people can buy beautiful things'
'It was the coup de foudre the French speak of in hushed tones'
'You have found her, now go and get her'
Home, Family, Love. 'You've been playing on the roof again and your Mommy doesn't like it'
'Go on, cry! You'll be in the paper'
'It was a barrelling, empty feeling that just rolled across my soul'
'It was almost as if I was committing an unholy act'
'Hell, we've really blown it here'
'Screw you, I'll make an album you'll wish you'd been on'
'An old estranged fiancé of mine called Paul'
'Man, if I was Paul McCartney, I'd buy the road'
'They'd saved themselves for him'
'Oi, Paul, you know that Mull of Kintyre? It's fakking great!'
McCartneyesque whimsy on punk steroids'
'It put everyone in a daze for the rest of their life'
Carrying That Weight. 'Give me back my babies, Lew'
'About as close as you can get to a non-movie'
'I bought your songs, Paul'
'You're such a lovely audience
'I work my arse off, I do. I work my bloody arse off'
'Everyone wanted to the icing on the cake. No wanted to be the cake'
'This letter comes with my love from your friend Paul'
Back in the World. Lonesome town
'I've just got a leg missing. I've still got my heart'
'Hey, that's pretty good. Is it one of yours?'
'You don't say a lot, do you, Paul?'
'She could not afford to sue all the newspapers she would like to'
Even by British tabloid standards, the nastiness has been extraordinary
'His wife, mother, lover, confidante, business partner, and psychologist'
'There's always that moment of "Can I do it?'"
Epilogue: 'See ya, Phil.'