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
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… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I lost my voice. I'd never had to cancel a show before and I had to walk around with a pad and… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I… — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to… — 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
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
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
Sometimes when you write a thing you think, 'Oh, this is good', and it's not a modesty or an immodesty thing, you… — 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
Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it's got a certain kind of significance. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
“I think people who create and write, it actually does flow – just flows from into their head, into their hand, 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
People think once you get famous and rich you move out of the public sphere and you have nothing left to write… — 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
It's also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song. — 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
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
But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing. — Paul McCartney Copy Share Image
John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood. — 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