I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.
PAUL MCCARTNEYWhen I sit down to write a song, it’s a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I’m about to do.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
-
-
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 -
To 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 MCCARTNEY -
When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
The interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom at a time when people of our generation were just growing up and just becoming adults.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
One may not eat what has a face.
PAUL MCCARTNEY -
And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.
PAUL MCCARTNEY