Creativity Quote by Peter Asher

There is a whole diplomacy embedded in the phrase "these days". It’s time doing the distancing work, not a falling-out, not a feud, not even neglect. Peter Asher, a pop-world lifer who knows how narratives metastasize, is quietly denying the headline you can feel hovering nearby: estrangement, bitterness, betrayal. He’s not saying, "We’re not close anymore". He’s saying, life got crowded.

The sentence is built like a polite firewall. First clause: an acknowledgment of physical reality (they don’t see each other). Second clause: a reassurance of emotional continuity (still a friend). The adverb "certainly" matters; it’s Asher’s soft emphasis, the conversational equivalent of underlining. In celebrity ecosystems, where every lapse in proximity gets treated as a plot twist, "certainly" is a preemptive correction.

Context does a lot of the heavy lifting. Asher is forever adjacent to Paul McCartney in the public mind: the 60s scene, the intimacy of that era, the way fans expect old alliances to remain frozen in amber. His phrasing respects that nostalgia without feeding it. No grand tribute, no name-dropping flourish, just the baseline ethics of someone who’s had a long career and understands that relationships can evolve without becoming content.

The subtext is both tender and practical: friendship isn’t measured by access. It’s measured by regard. He’s protecting a private bond from public audit, while signaling that whatever distance exists is logistical, not emotional.