My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I think when you're making an album, as the songs are piling up, one of the good things about it is that… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I'm still looking to write a great song.... You always are. You know, you never think, 'Well, that's enough ... that's good… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity... to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Putting two songs together, I've always loved that trick when it works. — 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
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
I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't. — 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
I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
“When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in… — 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
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
When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live. — 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 don't think of myself as a legend. I just love what I do. I love playing with my band, I love… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I like most kinds of music. So I haven't got a bag, as they say... except the big black one in the… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
The interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom… — 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
A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
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 Image
Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I can't manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
