Quotes

“She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it's gonna be the Beatles.” Paul McCartney

“Someone 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 McCartney

“The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.” Paul McCartney

“The Stones also still have a huge following. Mick Jagger leaps around like a crazy dude. And Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts are playing great too.” Paul McCartney

“To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things; we tend to be pretty paranoid by now, as you can imagine. There's a lot of money involved.” Paul McCartney

“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.” Paul McCartney

“When we were starting off as kids, just the idea of maybe going to do this as a living instead of getting what we thought was going to be a boring job, was exciting.” Paul McCartney

“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.” Paul McCartney

“Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.” Paul McCartney

“What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?” Michelangelo

“A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.” Michelangelo

“Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.” Michelangelo

“Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven.” Michelangelo

“There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.” Michelangelo

“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” Michelangelo

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” Michelangelo

“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.” Michelangelo

“If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.” Michelangelo

“Genius is eternal patience.” Michelangelo

“The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.” Michelangelo

“Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.” Michelangelo

“I am still learning.” Michelangelo

“I am a poor man and of little worth, who is laboring in that art that God has given me in order to extend my life as long as possible.” Michelangelo

“If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all.” Michelangelo

“I live and love in God's peculiar light.” Michelangelo

“Many believe - and I believe - that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.” Michelangelo

“Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish.” Michelangelo

“My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness.” Michelangelo

“If in my youth I had realized that the sustaining splendour of beauty of with which I was in love would one day flood back into my heart, there to ignite a flame that would torture me without end, how gladly would I have put out the light in my eyes.” Michelangelo

“The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course.” Michelangelo