Paul McCartney Quotes (84 Quotes)

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

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.

The long and winding road that leads to your door Will never disappear, I've seen that road before it always leads me here, Leads me to your door.

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.

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds actually wasn't meant to say LSD. It was a drawing that John's son brought home from school. Lucy was a kid in his school.

To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things; we tend to be pretty paranoid by now, as you can imagine. There's a lot of money involved.

This is given with a deep respect and gratitude, from our family to yours, for all that you (the firefighters) have done, ... A heartfelt thanks, and I hope that all of the firefighters will be able to enjoy its beauty once it finds its resting place.

Think globally, act locally.

I am devastated and very, very sad, ... We knew he'd been ill for a long time. He was a lovely guy and a very brave man and had a wonderful sense of humor. He is really just my baby brother.

Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well.

I never look forward, because I have no idea about how any of it happened to getting here. I've no idea how the next five years are going to be.

Asked about a rude joke that Rod Stewart's daughter Kimberly told in the latest issue of Stuff magazine What has three legs and lives on a farm Paul McCartney and his wife, ... Rod Stewart is a long-term friend of Paul's, so I doubt she said it.

PETA has tried for years to educate her about fur - at first gently and quietly, and now like this,

I don't work at being ordinary.

At the Mercy ... Sometimes my head is hanging low, but it's time to get on with the show. ... I can think of nothing more to say.

Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.

When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself!

The issues are the same. We wanted peace on earth, love, and understanding between everyone around the world. We have learned that change comes slowly.

There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.

I can't deal with the press; I hate all those Beatles questions.

I don't take me seriously. If we get some giggles, I don't mind.

I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.

I remember 'Happy Together.' That was a good record. It knocked 'Penny Lane' off the top of the charts.

Before the Beatles ever got big, we started out playing rock 'n' roll at The Cavern. I'm going back as a nod to the music that has always -- and will ever -- thrill me,

I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.

By the time we made Abbey Road, John and I were openly critical of each other's music, and I felt John wasn't much interested in performing anything he hadn't written himself

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

I'm singing 'English Tea' from my new album 'Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.' I have a cup of tea in the morning, so it's something good to wake up to.

We didn't all get into music for a job We got into music to avoid a job, in truth - and get lots of girls.

Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.

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

When your parents do so much to help get you through college, it's a nice bonus.

Canada is known as a great nation. But this is something that leaves a stain on the character of the Canadian people and we don't think that's right. I don't think the vast amount of Canadians think that's right.

This is barbaric. Horrific. It's like something out of the dark ages. And they seem to get a kick out of it. They're just sick, sick people.