Mortgage for Life

Here's a quote from Paul McCartney, who generally is fairly laissez-faire viz music piracy, on the news today that illegal file-sharers are getting £120 billion of material for free.

“I think the problem is you get a lot of young bands coming up and some of them aren’t going to last forever so if they have a massive hit, that’s going to pay their mortgage forever and if they don’t see that money, I think that’s a bit of a pity.”

It's a pity then, he's contending, that bands who have a single hit aren't going to get their mortgage paid. Forever. 

This at a time when thousands upon thousands of families are struggling to pay their mortgage this month. What a colossally stupid comment.