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Paul McCartney

(1942) Pop Musician

314 quotes in 1250 categories

Paul McCartney’s reflections carry the same melodic cadence as his songs—optimistic, reflective, and endlessly inventive. In this collection of three hundred fourteen quotes you’ll hear the gentle wisdom of a music icon.

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Paul McCartney is a pop musician, best known for Lennon and McCartney Favorites.

Quick Facts About Paul McCartney

Born: June 18, 1942
Profession: Pop Musician
Notable works: Lennon and McCartney Favorites

About Paul McCartney

Sir James Paul McCartney is an English musician and songwriter. He gained global fame with the Beatles, for whom he was the bassist and keyboardist, and shared primary songwriting and lead vocal duties with John Lennon. McCartney is known for his melodic approach to bass-playing, versatile tenor vocal range and musical eclecticism, exploring genres ranging from pre-rock and roll pop to classical, ballads and electronica. His songwriting partnership with Lennon is the most successful in music history.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Paul McCartney

I don't work at being ordinary.

Ordinariness

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“Me? I'm a mocker!”

Mocker

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“And in the end”

Beginning

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Think globally, act locally.

Globally

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You guys ready to do this?

Guy

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Lyricists play with words.

Language

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“There are seven levels!”

Levels

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

Beatles

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My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.

Courteous

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And Jet, I thought the Major was a lady suffragette.

Inspirational

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Fight for the right to live in freedom!

Fight

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I would quite like to have been a 1920s writer.

1920s

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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.

Broken

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Being in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun.

Actually

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The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

Been

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I don't take me seriously. If we get some giggles, I don't mind.

Comedy

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I hears that there's a group of South American Indians that worship the number zero

Indians

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

Beautiful

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I don't know anything about the Appalachian mountains or cowboys and Indians or anything. I just made it up.

Appalachian

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

Childhood

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As far as art's concerned, I probably like modern art more than traditional art.

Art

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It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.

Elvis

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

Music

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The interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom…

Adults

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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…

Beatles

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It comes in handy in situations like that. People always expect you to be riding around in stretch limousines all the time,…

Convenient

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She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen…

Beatles

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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…

Ideas

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I'm often reading a magazine and hearing about someone's new record, and I think, 'Oh, boy, that's gonna be better than me.'…

Better

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I look a lot busier than I am, as I'm actually a rather sporadic, random person and I'll play a few gigs…

Busier

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That's the terrible thing about growing up. You lose friends. It's inevitable. It's not like it's a surprise. But it is terrible.

Friends

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I did cocaine for about a year around the time of Sgt Pepper. Coke and maybe some grass to balance it out.…

Art work

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The medical argument for animal testing doesn't stand up. Even if it did, I don't think we should kill other species. We…

Animal

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“When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in…

Beatles

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My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. So when we got on a bus, he would always encourage…

Brother

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I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice…

Able

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I think that selling rights is a bad move commercially, not just morally. It cheapens the songs. When people come to my…

Ads

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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…

Argument

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Sometimes when you write a thing you think, 'Oh, this is good', and it's not a modesty or an immodesty thing, you…

Figures

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I'm not religious, but I'm very spiritual.

Catholic

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Paul McCartney by topic

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