When I write, there are times — not always — when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, I’ll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve.
PAUL MCCARTNEYWhen I write, there are times — not always — when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, I’ll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
PAUL MCCARTNEYBeing in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI meet so many people that just sort of say, “I want to thank you for your music. It really helped me” or “It changed my life.”
PAUL MCCARTNEYI think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don’t need high minded talk, they need results.
PAUL MCCARTNEYHamburg totally wrecked us. I remember getting home to England and my dad thought I was half-dead. I looked like a skeleton, I hadn’t noticed the change, I’d been having such a ball!
PAUL MCCARTNEYWhen 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 MCCARTNEYNone of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI think the French girls are fabulous.
PAUL MCCARTNEYOne 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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYIn the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
PAUL MCCARTNEYTo get a big hit single you’ve got to go a bit dance. You’ve got to go a bit Britney. I don’t think I can do that – well, I could but it wouldn’t look very seemly!.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThere are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
PAUL MCCARTNEYSomewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
PAUL MCCARTNEYFor tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
PAUL MCCARTNEY