Quotes

“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.” Paul McCartney

“My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.” Paul McCartney

“I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.” Paul McCartney

“If children are studying the 20th century, I'm in their text books.” Paul McCartney

“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.” Paul McCartney

“But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing.” Paul McCartney

“It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.” Paul McCartney

“I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything.” Paul McCartney

“Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.” Paul McCartney

“We were a savage little lot, Liverpool kids, not pacifist or vegetarian or anything. But I feel I've gone beyond that, and that it was immature to be so prejudiced and believe in all the stereotypes.” Paul McCartney

“And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.” Paul McCartney

“But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.” Paul McCartney

“George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement.” Paul McCartney

“I got my first guitar when I was 15, and I just used to fool about with it, more or less, as time went by, though, I got more interested.” Paul McCartney

“I can't deal with the press; I hate all those Beatles questions.” Paul McCartney

“I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.” Paul McCartney

“I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.” Paul McCartney

“I think the pop industry is still a young man's game.” Paul McCartney

“I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.” Paul McCartney

“I like the idea that people hear my stuff, and if it's commercially successful, that's a good sign that it's being heard.” Paul McCartney

“I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death.” Paul McCartney

“Microphones are just like people, if you shout at them, they get scared.” Paul McCartney

“Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.” Paul McCartney

“Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don't always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on.” Paul McCartney

“It's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone.” Paul McCartney

“It's also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources.” Paul McCartney

“My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.” Paul McCartney

“My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students.” Paul McCartney

“My so-called career is a haphazard thing.” Paul McCartney

“Putting two songs together, I've always loved that trick when it works.” Paul McCartney