Paul McCartney Quotes
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All the lonely people, where do they all come from?
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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.
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I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing.
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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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If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important thing you could do. It's staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty.
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Painting is similar to music. You get a couple or words or notes or chords that excite you, and you just follow them and add a bit more and see where it takes you. That's the thrill for me. It still is a thrill, which is amazing after all this time.
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Being in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun.
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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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...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
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Pete Ham in the group was a very good writer. He wrote the Nilsson song "Without You", which is a seriously good song. But the poor fellow topped himself. He was a lovely bloke, I can still see him now. It was a terrible loss.
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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 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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Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away. Oh, I believe in yesterday.
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I don't know anything about the Appalachian mountains or cowboys and Indians or anything. I just made it up.
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There's nothing bigger than being asked to perform at the Super Bowl.
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John'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.
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The last time I twerked I was with @katyperry. She was rather good at it!
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Lady Madonna lying on the bed Listen to the music playing in your head.
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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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Animation is not just for children - it's also for adults who take drugs.
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Putting two songs together, I've always loved that trick when it works.
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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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Where 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.
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And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.