Paul McCartney

Musician, Singer-songwriter

Paul McCartney is a legendary musician and songwriter, best known for his work with The Beatles and his influential solo career.

Born
June 18, 1942
Quotes
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Rank
#320

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"At the office where the paper grows, she takes a break, drinks another coffee, and she finds it hard to stay awake. It's just another day."

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

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

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"In Liverpool we'd only done one-hour sessions. In Hamburg we had to play for eight hours. We played very loud, bang, bang, all the time. The Germans loved it."

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"We don't eat anything that has to be killed for us. We've been through a lot and we've reached a stage where we really value life."

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"Many years ago I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him - all for the passing pleasure it brings me'. Something inside me clicked. I realised as I watched him fight for breath that his life was as important to him as mine is to me."

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"Criticism didn't really stop us and it shouldn't ever stop anyone, because critics are only the people who can't get a record deal themselves."

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"My brother's researched our early family history. He found a letter from a fella who said he used to be in love with my mum."

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"You're always looking at last year, or 10 years ago, or your school days, or your teenage years, your formative years. Because that's exactly what they are, they're your formative years."

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"If you're using your imagination, you tend to look into the past for ideas."

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"I got my first guitar when I was 15, and I just used to fool about with it, more or less, as time went by, though, I got more interested."

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"If I ever get out of here, thought of giving it all away to a registered charity."

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"The ring at the end of my nose makes me look rather pretty."

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"If they won't come to worship God in a church, something must be done. We have to instigate a nationwide search for a way to make it fun."

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"Love is a robber and he lives within your eyes."

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"I think when you're making an album, as the songs are piling up, one of the good things about it is that you will often write the song that you need."

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"All at once we see things in our skies, and we both realize it together. Well you know they were wrong, get on the right thing."

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"If this ever changing world in which we live in makes you give in and cry, say live and let die."

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

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"The Stones also still have a huge following. Mick Jagger leaps around like a crazy dude. And Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts are playing great too."

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