Paul McCartney Quotes
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I do have a spongelike ear or mentality or whatever you call it, but it's probably a bit subconscious.
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Drugs had shown me little bits here and there-they had rolled across the carpet once or twice, but I had been able to get them out of my mind.
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I guess the ultimate luxury professionally is to be able to change your direction, to work in another medium.
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I look a lot busier than I am, as I'm actually a rather sporadic, random person and I'll play a few gigs and then disappear for a while.
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It's nice to have a little bit of art to fall back on.
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You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
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You can fill my appetite without me taking up a bite.
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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.
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I 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.
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One of things about beards is that, when men reach a certain age, they'd like to see if they can grow one. It's a phenomenon I understand very well. After you get over the itchy face, you go, "Oh, I don't have to shave, that's cool." And then you move into the philosophical thing- people say, "You look weird, you have a beard." And you say, "No, actually, it's weird to shave." Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice in the back of my brain that goes, "No, no, no. You could do better. This person over here is excelling. Try harder!" It still can be a little bit intimidating.
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It's been my ambition for about 30 years to do a full- length animation film.
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It's a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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You're always looking at last year, or 10 years ago, or your school days, or your teenage years, your formative years. Because that's exactly what they are, they're your formative years.
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If this ever changing world in which we live in makes you give in and cry, say live and let die.
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I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don't need high minded talk, they need results.
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I tend not to say much on the phone now. If I leave a message, it's benign. You edit yourself according to the new circumstances of the new world. I think it would be quite good to get some sort of laws.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.
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A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.
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Criticism didn't really stop us and it shouldn't ever stop anyone, because critics are only the people who can't get a record deal themselves.
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I 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.
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I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.