Peace, Palestine, and Paul McCartney songs
"We had played a gig in Israel quite a few years ago, and I wanted to go to Palestine before I went to Israel, because I was very aware of the political situation there. So I didn’t want to just look like I was ignoring Palestine playing in Israel, although that was where the date was, the gig.
"So I made arrangements to go into Palestine across the border, and go to a little music school and shake hands with the kids, and hang out and listen to them playing some music. Just to show solidarity with the Palestinian people.
"And then when I came back into Israel I then met with some cool people from a group called One Voice, a political group, kind of thing, a movement. And we ended up wearing their badges on our show in Tel Aviv.
"So the whole idea was a peace mission, really, because these kids were great. I say kids, they were kind of young adults. And I’d say to them, 'what is it? What do you want to do, you know?' They say 'All we want to do is just live in peace, raise our families, you know, and be able to just get on with our lives in peace.'
"And so that tied in with something that when I was a kid. I’d asked my dad and said—you know, we were seeing all the wars and stuff, on the newspapers, on TV and so I’d said to him 'What is it? You know, do people want peace or do they just like to fight?' And he sort of looked at me, very quietly said 'No, no, son, people want peace. It’s the politicians and the leaders who get into wars. It’s not the people.' So that always struck me as a great phrase."—Paul McCartney via the "Words Between Tracks" YouTube series
"I was born in 1942, in the war. I was too young to appreciate that, but my parents weren't. My dad was a fireman, putting out fires from the bombs. My mum was a nurse and midwife. But they carried on, because they had to. Like people in Ukraine, Gaza and elsewhere now."—Paul McCartney in conversation with fans at Abbey Road via The Guardian
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