The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThe best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
PAUL MCCARTNEYLove doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.
PAUL MCCARTNEYBend like the willow, winds gonna blow you hard and cold tonight. Life as it happens, nobody warns you, willow hold on tight.
PAUL MCCARTNEYOut of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThere are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
PAUL MCCARTNEYTrumpets are a bit more adventurous; they’re drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
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 MCCARTNEYThere’s nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song that didn’t exist before – I won’t compare it to sex, but it lasts longer.
PAUL MCCARTNEYPainting is similar to music. You get a couple or words or notes or chords that excite you, and you just follow them and add a bit more and see where it takes you. That’s the thrill for me. It still is a thrill, which is amazing after all this time.
PAUL MCCARTNEYPutting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThere’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI’m only 49 years old. I’m still in the middle of this whole thing. I don’t feel like it’s finished at all. I’m still planning to write better songs.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI can’t manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.
PAUL MCCARTNEYIf I were dead, I would be the last to know.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
PAUL MCCARTNEYFor tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
PAUL MCCARTNEY