Sadness isn’t sadness. It’s happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They’re balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It’s life that’s jumped off a tall cliff.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
-
-
I think the French girls are fabulous.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
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 MCCARTNEY -
It’s not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there’s a pretty good chance you’d call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through. You can go into a trance while you’re doing it, so it’s a nice contrast to real life.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
I don’t think of myself as a legend. I just love what I do. I love playing with my band, I love going to beautiful places and give people good music. I love what I do, I`m very lucky man.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
I took my brains out and stretched them on the rack, now I’m not too sure I’m gonna get them back.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
I don’t work at being ordinary.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
Love doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
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.’
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
PAUL MCCARTNEY