HE can claim to be a superstar not once but twice over. When The Beatles split up in April 1970, Paul McCartney realised he had to start all over again.
A new TV documentary called Wingspan details the soaraway success of Paul, Linda and the many line-ups that made up one of the supergroups of the '70s.
Now, in Part Two of an exclusive three-part interview, Paul tells Peter Grant about life after The Beatles and how Stella inspired the name Wings.
He recalls how the band took off and flew sky high in the charts across the world before coming down to earth after a drugs bust in Japan.
Now he is solo but ready to lead a band on the run again ...
SITTING in the London office of Sir Paul McCartney is a daunting experience.
There are Ivor Novello Awards lined up on the shelf, wall-to-wall gold discs and Moptop memorabilia including a car licence plate from America that simply says 'AY JUDE'.
Framed pictures featuring The Fab Four smile down from the walls as does a photo of Paul walking across Abbey Road with his beloved dog Martha.
Before our chat he sings an impromptu verse of "Fly Me To The Moon" - but I miss out on this world exclusive chance of taping it for a rare bootleg.
Dressed in t-shirt, slacks and trainers, he sips mineral water and laughs frequently.
Here is the Macca of all trades: singer, songwriter, poet, painter Beatle and Wing Commander.
It's Wings, in all its flights of fancy that he is talking about now as well about his past, present and future.
Paul is currently overseeing a documentary film for Channel 4 called Wingspan. It is to tie in with the release of a double-album of the same name released next month.
He has a poetry book Blackbird Singing in the best-seller list. He is half way through recording a new album in L.A. and he has an art exhibition this autumn in his home town.
He's in love with girlfriend Heather Mills, too, and the former model accompanies him here, there and everywhere.Paul looks fit and happy. He is clearly a chilled-out man.
He has also revealed that playing The Cavern in 1999 whetted his performing appetite and that he would love to tour again.
He says that Wingspan, like The Beatles Anthology, was another chance to put the record straight.
After all HE should know what happened - he WAS there.
In his soft Scouse accent, the self-styled 'Scruff from Speke' explains how it all came about: "Linda and I were looking at snapshots to tie in with an anniversary. I said to her 'when do we intend to look at all this stuff?'
"We had all these Polaroids, home movies - the type of things people gather and gather but never get round to looking at.
"I didn't know this but Linda had got Alistair, our daughter Mary's husband, to put together an 'Anniversary Tape' - a video of home movies of the kids growing up.
He put music on it. Alistair did a really tasty job, too, and then after we watched it and after we cried a bit, we thought it would make a great piece for telly.
Wingspan, the film, began three years ago.
It tells how Paul 'dared' to follow The Beatles; how he was banned by the BBC.and, in a warts and all style report, how the pot bust in Japan saw the group finally go up in smoke.
Throughout it all he has kept his family firmly together.
He put music on it. Alistair did a really tasty job, too, and then after we watched it and after we cried a bit, we thought it would make a great piece for telly. 
