Paul McCartney says he will not tire of performing the greatest hits from his career, whether Beatles songs or other material, even when audiences hear repeated tracks during tours. He believes he can also play songs that fans do not know. He frames the repetition as a tradeoff, noting that fans pay money to attend. McCartney has attended Bob Dylan shows and could not identify which song Dylan was performing. He understands Dylan might avoid a specific song such as “Mr. Tambourine Man,” but he would still like to hear it. McCartney also calls “Mr. Tambourine Man” one of the most significant songs in his life, alongside “God Only Knows” and “Don’t You Want Me.”
"“Well, I can do songs they don't know,” he says of his fans. “I've got a lot of black holes. But they've paid a lot of money.” Compare this ideology to Dylan's track record for radical and often strange reinterpretations of his material, which McCartney has experienced for himself."
"“I've been to see a couple of shows of Bob's. I couldn't tell what song he was doing,” he explains. “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.”"
"Sir Paul told The Rest Is Entertainment that he'll never tire of playing the greatest hits of his career - Beatles or otherwise - despite the repetition of them all when he tours. "Well, I can do songs they don't know," he says of his fans."
"McCartney recently shared that he considers "Mr. Tambourine Man" to be one of the most significant songs in his life, in addition to the Beach Boys' "God Only Knows" and the Human League's "Don't You Want Me," because he's a man of style and taste."
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