On Monday Paul McCartney was awarded an honorary Doctor of Music Degree by Yale University.

The University explaines: he gave a “fresh sound to rock n’ roll and rythm and blues”, “awakened a generation” and wrote “new classics”.

What to say: congratulations, doc. Paul!

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