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
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Rank
#320

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"Some people don't believe in climate warning - like those who don't believe there was a Holocaust."

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"It's like a lot of kids; when you tell them someone's died, they laugh."

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"I was impossible. I don't know how anyone could have lived with me. For the first time in my life, I was on the scrap heap, an unemployed worker."

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"I don't have any desire to learn. I feel it's like a voodoo, that it would spoil things if I actually learnt how things are done."

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

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"There was one moment where they were riding their little ponies in Scotland, and Stella said to me: 'Dad! You're Paul McCartney, aren't you?' 'Yes darling, but I'm Daddy really'."

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"I play to all people, and I play to people not governments, and I believe strongly that all people are peaceful and would want peace."

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"I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing."

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"Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well."

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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 the other."

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"Long live all us crazy soldiers Who were born under calico skies May we never be called to handle All the weapons of war we despise"

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"Home in her apartment she'd dwell 'til the man from her dreams comes to break the spell."

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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 my Beatle generation, who would say, We really love this song."

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"To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things; we tend to be pretty paranoid by now, as you can imagine. There's a lot of money involved."

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"For tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun..."

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"Be cool and you'll be alright. That's rock & roll religion."

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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 enough.'"

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"Pete Ham in the group was a very good writer. He wrote the Nilsson song "Without You", which is a seriously good song. But the poor fellow topped himself. He was a lovely bloke, I can still see him now. It was a terrible loss."

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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 love him"

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"When I write, there are times -- not always -- when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, ... I'll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve."

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