Paul McCartney Quotes
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It was a period when they used to read into our lyrics a lot, used to think there was more in them than there was.
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Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they're drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
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Life is an energy field, a bunch of molecules. And these particular molecules formed to make these four guys, who then formed into this band called the Beatles and did all that work. I have to think that was something metaphysical. Something alchemic. Something that must be thought of as magic.
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I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.
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That's the terrible thing about growing up. You lose friends. It's inevitable. It's not like it's a surprise. But it is terrible.
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I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
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Long live all us crazy soldiers Who were born under calico skies May we never be called to handle All the weapons of war we despise
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I'm still looking to write a great song.... You always are. You know, you never think, 'Well, that's enough ... that's good enough.'
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We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more like old army buddies splitting up on account of wedding bells.
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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself!
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I tried heroin just the once. Even then, I didn't realize I'd taken it. I was just handed something, smoked it, then found out what it was. It didn't do anything for me, which was lucky because I wouldn't have fancied heading down that road.
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One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.
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The medical argument for animal testing doesn't stand up. Even if it did, I don't think we should kill other species. We think we're so much better; I'm not sure we are. I tell people, We've beaten into submission every animal on the face of the Earth, so we are the clear winners of whatever battle is going on between the species. Couldn't we be generous? I really do think it's time to get nice. No need to keep beating up on them. I think we've got to show that we're kind.
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So, if I'm cooking, I'll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
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I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death.
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The thing you must remember is that I'm the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did love him
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I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not write savage lyrics.
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Live a little be a gypsy, get around. Get your feet up off the ground, live a little, get around.
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When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about to do.
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Obladi oblada life goes on bra Lala how the life goes on
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I'm not into, Hey, what's your sign? or any of that. But I don't know how I got here, and I don't know how I write songs. I don't know why I breathe.