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"Paul McCartney has never dwelled in yesterday, even if he remembers it quite well. At 71, he&amp;apos;s just released his 24th post-Beatles album, New, and is generating music at a pace that puts artists a quarter of his age to shame. And in a remarkably candid cover story by Rolling Stone contributing editor Jonah Weiner (on newsstands Friday) McCartney discusses the drive keeps him creating fresh music &amp;#x2014; as well as the memories of his Beatles bandmates that continue to shape his life today.\r\nLook back at Paul McCartney&amp;apos;s remarkable career in photos\r\nPerhaps most shockingly, McCartney reveals that although he&amp;apos;s always teaming up with fresh talent &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;New features production by Adele collaborator Paul Epworth, Amy Winehouse producer Mark Ronson, Giles Martin (son of legendary Beatles producer George) and frequent Kings of Leon partner Ethan Johns &amp;#x2014; he also consulted with another source, someone who knows his music intimately: John Lennon.\r\n&amp;quot;If I&amp;apos;m at a point where I go, &amp;apos;I&amp;apos;m not sure about this,&amp;apos; I&amp;apos;ll throw it across the room to John,&amp;quot; McCartney tells RS. &amp;quot;He&amp;apos;ll say, &amp;apos;You can&amp;apos;t go there, man.&amp;apos; And I&amp;apos;ll say, &amp;apos;You&amp;apos;re quite right. How about this?&amp;apos; &amp;apos;Yeah, that&amp;apos;s better.&amp;apos; We&amp;apos;ll have a conversation. I don&amp;apos;t want to lose that.&amp;quot;\r\nSee where your favorite tracks rank on Rolling Stone&amp;apos;s 100 Greatest Beatles Songs\r\nMcCartney also reveals that his long-bitter relationship with Lennon&amp;apos;s widow Yoko Ono has turned a corner. Describing Ono as a &amp;quot;badass,&amp;quot; he says he&amp;apos;s moved on. &amp;quot;I thought, &amp;apos;If John loved her, there&amp;apos;s got to be something. He&amp;apos;s not stupid,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; McCartney says. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s like, what are you going to do? Are you going to hold a grudge you never really had?&amp;quot; In fact, another voice from the past &amp;#x2014;&amp;#xA0;that of George Harrison &amp;#x2014; had encouraged him to forgive and forget. &amp;quot;George would say to me, &amp;apos;You don&amp;apos;t want stuff like that hanging around in your life.&amp;apos;&amp;quot;\r\nBut despite his spirit of reconciliation, McCartney maintains there&amp;apos;s one person he will never forgive: John Lennon&amp;apos;s murderer, Mark David Chapman. &amp;quot;I think I could pretty much forgive anyone else,&amp;quot; he explains. &amp;quot;But I don&amp;apos;t see why I&amp;apos;d want to forgive him. This is a guy who did something so crazy and terminal. Why should I bless him with forgiveness?&amp;quot;\r\nThough he&amp;apos;s willing to reflect on the past, McCartney remains firmly focused on the future. Part of his motivation to continue recording and playing marathon live shows comes from a fear of becoming complacent. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve always got the critic in my mind,&amp;quot; he tells Rolling Stone. &amp;quot;He keeps me on my toes &amp;#x2014; &amp;apos;Don&amp;apos;t get too blas&amp;#xE9; about it.&amp;apos; I don&amp;apos;t want to become too smug, to think I&amp;apos;m great.&amp;quot; &amp;#xA0;\r\nLook for the issue on stands and in the iTunes App Store this Friday, October 25th."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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