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Song Quotes by Paul McCartney

65 Song quotes by Paul McCartney

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Paul McCartney shares his lasting admiration for John Lennon and mentions how their friendly rivalry pushed both to write better songs. He says that everyday life, like being a parent or living with a partner, can change the tone of his music. He also jokes about owning many guitars and how fame brings extra choices.

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Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you.

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If there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles.

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It's a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.

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Putting two songs together, I've always loved that trick when it works.

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

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I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.

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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people's hearts.

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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.

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I'm still looking to write a great song… You always are. You know, you never think, 'Well, that's enough ... that's good…

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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.

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It was a period when they used to read into our lyrics a lot, used to think there was more in them…

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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.

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

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What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.

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John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood.

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There's nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song that didn't exist before - I won't compare it to sex,…

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I used to think that all my Wings stuff was second-rate stuff, but I began to meet younger kids, not kids from…

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I have such an admiration for John [Lennon], like most people. But to be the guy who wrote with him, well that's…

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Love Me Do, the first song we recorded, John was supposed to sing the lead, but they changed their minds and asked…

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When I write, there are times -- not always -- when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, ... I'll think, OK,…

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I have always adored Mahler, and Mahler was a major influence on the music of the Beatles. John and me used to…

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When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it…

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Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and…

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We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more like old…

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I am quite happy that the Beatles came and went. There is even a sort of glory in not having it go…

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One of my great memories of John is from when we were having some argument. I was disagreeing and we were calling…

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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…

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So many times, I will have people tell me what I did when I was younger. There's so much being written [about]…

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the beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less

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I do like Eddie Van Halen as a player. He gets it right quite often.

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Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs

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Every love song I write is for Linda.

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Help them to learn songs of joy, instead of burn, baby, burn.

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If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian [Epstein].

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Someone like John would want to end the Beatle period and start the Yoko period. He wouldn't like either to interfere with…

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My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.

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I've got a few guitars that I like. The trouble with fame and riches is that you have more than one guitar.

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

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When you said you were a terrible singer, I thought you were being humble. But you weren't.

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

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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…

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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 think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not…

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…

...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.

I am quite happy that the Beatles came and went. There is even a sort of glory in not having it go on forever.…

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

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.

I can't manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies.

Live a little be a gypsy, get around. Get your feet up off the ground, live a little, get around.

“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'…

We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us