Paul McCartney Quotes
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Alas, it looks like those unsubstantiated rumours about me are about to come true after all this time.
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When we were kids we always used to say, ‘Okay, whoever dies first, get a message through.’ When John died, I thought, ‘Well, maybe we’ll get a message,’ because I know he knew the deal. I haven’t had a message from John.
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Many years ago I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him - all for the passing pleasure it brings me'. Something inside me clicked. I realised as I watched him fight for breath that his life was as important to him as mine is to me.
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That's not really important what religion people are attached to, because by the same argument I have a lot of Christian friends and Moslem friends. It's just happened that I do have a lot of relatives and friends who are Jewish.
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It's like a lot of kids; when you tell them someone's died, they laugh.
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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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What's wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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There will be an answer. Let it be.
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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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The music publishing I own is fabulous recording.
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It was bad on Linda. She had to deal with this guy who didn't want to get out of bed and, if he did, wanted to go back to bed pretty soon after. He wanted to drink earlier and earlier each day and didn't really see the point in shaving. I was generally pretty morbid.
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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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Most people don't know that I invented the selfie.
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I'm not really comfortable singing without accompanying myself on stage - I'm not used to it.
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All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
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When you're wide awake say it for goodness sake, it's gonna be a great day.
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I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.
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I think the pop industry is still a young man's game.
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Domesticity is the enemy of art. I don't know if that's true. You can write good happy songs. So, I don't think it's necessarily happiness. But I think self-satisfaction is maybe the enemy. It's kind of better to think, "Tomorrow night I'm gonna sing it better." There is this forward effort. It feels to me right, it feels human.
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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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Some people don't believe in climate warning - like those who don't believe there was a Holocaust.
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I think that selling rights is a bad move commercially, not just morally. It cheapens the songs. When people come to my concerts, they often hold up candles when we do "Let It Be." I don't think they'd do that anymore if the song suddenly became part of an Oldsmobile ad.
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It comes in handy in situations like that. People always expect you to be riding around in stretch limousines all the time, but I will sometimes take public transportation if it's convenient, and it does surprise people, you see the heads turn.
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People think once you get famous and rich you move out of the public sphere and you have nothing left to write about. I've heard that - Bruce Springsteen was this real street boy, now he's got this big house. How does that compute? If you don't look at the material side of someone's life, if you look at more the emotional side, there's always a wealth of stuff to write about.