Paul McCartney
It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard "Heartbreak Hotel" I thought, this is it
Paul McCartneyI never look forward, because I have no idea about how any of it happened to getting here. I've no idea how the next five years are going to be.
Paul McCartneyLucy in the Sky with Diamonds actually wasn't meant to say LSD. It was a drawing that John's son brought home from school. Lucy was a kid in his school.
Paul McCartneyGeorge wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.
Paul McCartneyI used to think that all my Wings stuff was second-rate stuff, but I began to meet younger kids, not kids from my Beatle generation, who would say, We really love this song.
Paul McCartneyJohn's time and effort were, in the main, spent on pretty honorable stuff. As for the other side, well, nobody's perfect, nobody's Jesus. And look what they did to him.
Paul McCartneyI knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.
Paul McCartneyAt the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.
Paul McCartneyI saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do.
Paul McCartneyI used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing anything weird wasn't weird at all and it was the people saying they were weird that were weird.
Paul McCartneyLove is all you need.
Paul McCartneyI can't deal with the press; I hate all those Beatles questions.
Paul McCartneyBuy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
Paul McCartneyWhere I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well.
Paul McCartneyNone of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
Paul McCartneyIf slaughterhouses had glass walls everyone would be a vegetarian.
Paul McCartneyI definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.
Paul McCartneyThe issues are the same. We wanted peace on earth, love, and understanding between everyone around the world. We have learned that change comes slowly.
Paul McCartneySomebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.'
Paul McCartneyI don't work at being ordinary.
Paul McCartneySomeone like John would want to end the Beatle period and start the Yoko period. He wouldn't like either to interfere with the other.
Paul McCartneyI've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time.
Paul McCartneyThink globally, act locally.
Paul McCartneyI had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.
Paul McCartneyI feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything.
Paul McCartney
