The guitar was a 1961 Epiphone Crestwood and Prince asked Douglas if he could borrow it because his guitar tech forgot to bring the guitar he had intended to play-being a huge Prince fan, Douglas, of course, agreed. In 2013, during a taping of Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, he made that abundantly clear by refusing to sign the guitar of The Roots’ guitarist, Kirk Douglas… moments after breaking it. Others, though, aren’t so quick to make exceptions-one artist who was notorious for never signing things was Prince.
The 43-second “serious message” includes a “warning” not to send him anything with, of course, five utterances of the phrase “peace and love.” Many have been quick to point out that McCartney is following the lead of his fellow Beatle, Sir Ringo Starr, who posted a pretty bizarre video in 2008 announcing that he will no longer be signing things or accepting fan mail.
“What you’ve usually got is a ropey photo with a poor backdrop and me looking a bit miserable,” he said, before adding a warm invitation for those who do get lucky enough to meet him: “Let’s chat, let’s exchange stories.” McCartney went on to explain why he’s through taking selfies too. “’Here, can I write your name down on the back of this till receipt please?’ Why? We both know who I am.” “It always struck me as a bit strange,” the now-79-year-old Beatles legend said. Sir Paul McCartney is in the headlines again (a feat he’s been accomplishing for nearly six decades now)-this time, it’s because he told Reader’s Digest that he’s done giving autographs and taking selfies with fans.
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