Count Down Your Age - 0071478078

Paul McCartney turned 64 on June 18, 2006. He was only 16 when he wrote the lyrics for “When I’m 64”—recorded nine years later on the Beatles’ greatest album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Sir Paul still has a fi ne head of hair, and though we doubt he rolls in at “a quarter to three,” he has the energy and good looks of a much younger man. We suspect McCartney’s per- ception of older people has changed. According to an article in the New York Times, half of those over 64 consider themselves middle- aged or young. To be...