I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music. — 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… — 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 never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I've got a few guitars that I like. The trouble with fame and riches is that you have more than one guitar. — 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
Someone like John would want to end the Beatle period and start the Yoko period. He wouldn't like either to interfere with… — 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
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
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
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
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
When I write, there are times -- not always -- when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, ... I'll think, OK,… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
Love Me Do, the first song we recorded, John was supposed to sing the lead, but they changed their minds and asked… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
There's nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song that didn't exist before - I won't compare it to sex,… — 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
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 think that selling rights is a bad move commercially, not just morally. It cheapens the songs. When people come to my… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I'm only 49 years old. I'm still in the middle of this whole thing. I don't feel like it's finished at all.… — 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
The Stones also still have a huge following. Mick Jagger leaps around like a crazy dude. And Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and… — 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
We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more like old… — 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/quotes/i/03c/paul-mccartney-987_admiration_i-have-such-an-admiration-for-john-lenno_1900409.jpg)
