"“If you're going out to do a show, I know who's in my audience most of the time,” he explained. “It's kind of families. So it can be granddads sort of my age, or it can be their kids, and then it could be their kids. So, it's quite a spread. So, I think, well, we could do songs they don't know. I have a lot of black holes. But they've paid a lot of money.”"
"“I've been to see a couple of shows of Bob's, and I couldn't tell what song he was doing,” he recalled. “Now that's a bit much, because I know his stuff. I get it if he doesn't want to do 'Mr. Tambourine Man.' Maybe he's fed up with that, but I would like to hear it. And I've paid.”"
"McCartney spoke about how performing “Hey Jude” temporarily unites fans in “Trump's America.”"
McCartney compares his willingness to play well-known hits with Bob Dylan’s tendency to avoid repeating recognizable songs. McCartney says he understands the makeup of his audience, often spanning multiple generations, and believes playing classics can satisfy fans who have paid for the show. He also recalls attending Dylan’s performances and not being able to identify the songs being played, even though he knows Dylan’s catalog. McCartney adds that he would like to hear songs such as “Mr. Tambourine Man,” even if Dylan is tired of them. He also notes that “Hey Jude” can temporarily unite fans in “Trump’s America.”
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