I didn't earn that much in record royalties. You've only got to look at my sales in 1980 to figure that one out. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... . — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I got my first guitar when I was 15, and I just used to fool about with it, more or less, as… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it's got a certain kind of significance. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
This was one of the best things about Lennon and McCartney, the competitive element within the team. It was great. But hard… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I used to think that all my Wings stuff was second-rate stuff, but I began to meet younger kids, not kids from… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I have such an admiration for John [Lennon], like most people. But to be the guy who wrote with him, well that's… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I have always adored Mahler, and Mahler was a major influence on the music of the Beatles. John and me used to… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
With the Beatles, we'd been very spoiled because we had George Martin who worked for the record label we were going to… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Pete Ham in the group was a very good writer. He wrote the Nilsson song "Without You", which is a seriously good… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I think it's something to do with the structural quality of the songs. We weren't actually trying to make stuff that was… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I'm not into, Hey, what's your sign? or any of that. But I don't know how I got here, and I don't… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
George Harrison and John Lennon were the ones most against touring ... I'd been trying to say ..Ah, tourings good and it… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Personally, I think you can put any interpretation you want on anything, but when someone suggests that Can't Buy Me Love is… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I would have liked the Beatles never to have broken up. I wanted to get us back on the road doing small… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things; we tend… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
There are two things John and I always do when we're going to sit down and write a song. First of all… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Many years ago I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him - all for… — Paul McCartney Copy Share
Hamburg 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… — Paul McCartney Copy Share
The thing you must remember is that I'm the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did… — Paul McCartney Copy Share
I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death. — Paul McCartney Copy Share
I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not… — Paul McCartney Copy Share
Domesticity is the enemy of art. I don't know if that's true. You can write good happy songs. So, I don't think it's necessarily… — Paul McCartney Copy Share
...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend. — Paul McCartney Copy Share
I am quite happy that the Beatles came and went. There is even a sort of glory in not having it go on forever.… — Paul McCartney Copy Share
Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard. — Paul McCartney Copy Share
My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish. — Paul McCartney Copy Share
I can't manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. — Paul McCartney Copy Share
Live a little be a gypsy, get around. Get your feet up off the ground, live a little, get around. — Paul McCartney Copy Share
“Paul: 'After recording sessions, at two or three in the morning, we'd be careering through the villages on the way to Weybridge, shouting 'weyhey'… — Paul McCartney Copy Share
![“I have such an admiration for John [Lennon], like most people. But to be the guy who wrote with him, well that's enough. Right there you could retire and go, 'Jesus I had a fantastic life. Take me, Lord.'” quote by Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/03c/paul-mccartney-987_admiration_i-have-such-an-admiration-for-john-lenno_1900409.jpg)
![“My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know it's going to hit. They don't know when, they don't know where it's coming from. But it's sort of hit already. With iTunes, and all of that.” quote by Paul McCartney](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1b4/paul-mccartney-987_asteroids_my-record-producer-david-kahne-said-the_739215.jpg)
