110+ Paul McCartney Quotes On Songwriting, Music And John Lennon

Paul McCartney is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He is most famous for being a member of the Beatles, one of the most influential and successful bands in the history of popular music. He has also had a successful solo career, releasing multiple hit albums and singles. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Paul McCartney on songwriting, music, love.

Top 10 Paul McCartney Quotes

1. If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
2. In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
3. The long and winding road that leads to your door / Will never disappear, / I've seen that road before it always leads me here, / Leads me to your door.
4. Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.
5. Late at night when the wind is still I'll come flying through your door, And you'll know what love is for. I am a bluebird, I'm a bluebird...
6. When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
7. To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love 'em.
8. If you love your life, everybody will love you too.
9. Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
10. Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.

Paul McCartney Image Quotes

In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. — Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney Short Quotes

• If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
• There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
• Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
• When you're wide awake say it for goodness sake, it's gonna be a great day.
• No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
• I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.
• If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
• Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
• I don't take me seriously. If we get some giggles, I don't mind.
• Everybody's talking about the President, we all chipped in for a bag of cement.

Paul McCartney Quotes About Music

I meet so many people that just sort of say, "I want to thank you for your music. It really helped me" or "It changed my life." — Paul McCartney

The interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom at a time when people of our generation were just growing up and just becoming adults. — Paul McCartney

There's nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song that didn't exist before - I won't compare it to sex, but it lasts longer. — Paul McCartney

By the time we made "Abbey Road", John and I were openly critical of each other's music, and I felt John wasn't much interested in performing anything he hadn't written himself. — Paul McCartney

I don't think of myself as a legend. I just love what I do. I love playing with my band, I love going to beautiful places and give people good music. I love what I do, I`m very lucky man. — Paul McCartney

I have always adored Mahler, and Mahler was a major influence on the music of the Beatles. John and me used to sit and do the Kindertotenlieder and Wunderhorn for hours, we'd take turns singing and playing the piano. We thought Mahler was gear. — Paul McCartney

We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls. — Paul McCartney

Lady Madonna lying on the bed Listen to the music playing in your head. — Paul McCartney

A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart. — Paul McCartney

I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that. — Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney Quotes About Love

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals. — Paul McCartney

Love is all you need. — Paul McCartney

I still believe that love is all you need. I don't know a better message than that. — Paul McCartney

...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend. — Paul McCartney

All the lonely people, where do they all come from? — Paul McCartney

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. — Paul McCartney

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 — Paul McCartney

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. — Paul McCartney

Some people want to fill the world with silly love songs — Paul McCartney

The issues are the same. We wanted peace on earth, love, and understanding between everyone around the world. We have learned that change comes slowly. — Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney Quotes About John Lennon

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.' — Paul McCartney

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. — Paul McCartney

George Harrison and John Lennon were the ones most against touring ... I'd been trying to say ..Ah, tourings good and it keeps us sharp .. but finally I agreed with them — Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney Quotes About Animals

If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. — Paul McCartney

It's been my ambition for about 30 years to do a full- length animation film. — Paul McCartney

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. — Paul McCartney

Animation is not just for children - it's also for adults who take drugs. — Paul McCartney

One may not eat what has a face. — Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney Quotes About Linda

Paul's last words to Linda: "You're up on your beautiful Appaloosa stallion. It's a fine spring day. We're riding through the woods. The bluebells are all out, and the sky is clear-blue". — Paul McCartney

It was bad on Linda. She had to deal with this guy who didn't want to get out of bed and, if he did, wanted to go back to bed pretty soon after. He wanted to drink earlier and earlier each day and didn't really see the point in shaving. I was generally pretty morbid. — Paul McCartney

Every love song I write is for Linda. — Paul McCartney

Linda's at her best when she's doing you a meal at home. That's when you see Linda. She cooks, she looks after the kids. — Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney Quotes About Beatles

Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.' — Paul McCartney

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you. — Paul McCartney

Life is an energy field, a bunch of molecules. And these particular molecules formed to make these four guys, who then formed into this band called the Beatles and did all that work. I have to think that was something metaphysical. Something alchemic. Something that must be thought of as magic. — Paul McCartney

When I left the Beatles, I made an album called McCartney that I played everything on. And it was kind of a cool experience. I felt like a professor in a laboratory, just crafting stuff and adding this, and putting this on and moving the microphone, and it was very homemade. — Paul McCartney

If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian [Epstein]. — Paul McCartney

Somebody said to me, But the Beatles were anti-materialistic. That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, Now, let's write a swimming pool. — Paul McCartney

You've got to believe in yourself. ..it really is true, because that's one thing about the Beatles...Man, we believed in ourselves. We knew we were good. — Paul McCartney

It's like there was me, then the Beatles phase, and now I'm me again. — Paul McCartney

the beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less — Paul McCartney

I'm not a great practiser at all. We were never great practisers. The Beatles would come together for about a day before we had a tour, to make sure the amp worked. — Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney Quotes About People

I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don't need high minded talk, they need results. — Paul McCartney

I support decriminalisation. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them into criminals is wrong. It's when you're in jail you really become a criminal. — Paul McCartney

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

It comes in handy in situations like that. People always expect you to be riding around in stretch limousines all the time, but I will sometimes take public transportation if it's convenient, and it does surprise people, you see the heads turn. — Paul McCartney

Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts. — Paul McCartney

I think that selling rights is a bad move commercially, not just morally. It cheapens the songs. When people come to my concerts, they often hold up candles when we do "Let It Be." I don't think they'd do that anymore if the song suddenly became part of an Oldsmobile ad. — Paul McCartney

Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don't always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on. — Paul McCartney

People would say to me, “Hey man, you look just like Paul McCartney”, and I'd say: “I wish I had his money!” — Paul McCartney

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. — Paul McCartney

I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing anything weird wasn't weird at all and it was the people saying they were weird that were weird. — Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney Quotes About John

I used to go round to Aunt Mimi's house and John would be at the typewriter, which was fairly unusual in Liverpool. None of my mates even knew what a typewriter was. Well they knew what it was but they didn't hae one. Nobody had one. — Paul McCartney

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds actually wasn't meant to say LSD It was a drawing that John's son brought home from school Lucy was a kid in his school. — Paul McCartney

My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17. — Paul McCartney

There are two things John and I always do when we're going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song. — Paul McCartney

When we were kids we always used to say, ‘Okay, whoever dies first, get a message through.’ When John died, I thought, ‘Well, maybe we’ll get a message,’ because I know he knew the deal. I haven’t had a message from John. — Paul McCartney

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

Love Me Do, the first song we recorded, John was supposed to sing the lead, but they changed their minds and asked me to sing lead because they wanted John to play harmonica. — Paul McCartney

Paul McCartney Famous Quotes And Sayings

In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. — Paul McCartney

If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important thing you could do. It's staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty. — Paul McCartney

It (LSD) opened my eyes. We only use one-tenth of our brain. Just think of what we could accomplish if we could only tap that hidden part! It would mean a whole new world if the politicians would take LSD. There wouldn't be any more war or poverty or famine. — Paul McCartney

When we were starting off as kids, just the idea of maybe going to do this as a living instead of getting what we thought was going to be a boring job, was exciting. — Paul McCartney

There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn't spoil the sky, or the rain or the land — Paul McCartney

I think the idea of getting out of a traffic jam and getting out of work each week and going and doing all this stuff would be really exhausting. — Paul McCartney

It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there's a pretty good chance you'd call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then. — Paul McCartney

A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it's all you've got, unless you're brilliant and can write totally in the now. — Paul McCartney

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

When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don't stop. There has to be something else. I think it's the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams. — Paul McCartney

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I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know. — Paul McCartney

I lost my voice. I'd never had to cancel a show before and I had to walk around with a pad and a pen, writing things down. — Paul McCartney

Sadness isn't sadness. It's happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They're balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It's life that's jumped off a tall cliff. — Paul McCartney

Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they're drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle. — Paul McCartney

Going to do it to you sweet banana, like it's never been done, and we'll get high, high, high, in the mid-day sun. — Paul McCartney

I think the minute you're full up and have had enough to eat, then that's time to retire. — Paul McCartney

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

When a war is over I think it's a cowardly thing to leave the war behind you in minefields that hit women and children and the most vulnerable. Imagine the war is finished and you go to work and there are snipers shooting at you. Imagine taking your kids to the beach and you find that the beach is blowing up beneath you. Like there's nowhere safe. — Paul McCartney

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'. — Paul McCartney

We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us — Paul McCartney

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 — Paul McCartney

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. — Paul McCartney

Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through ... You can go into a trance while you're doing it, so it's a nice contrast to real life. — Paul McCartney

When I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that's why I can't eat it. Simple as that. — Paul McCartney

My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. So when we got on a bus, he would always encourage me and my younger brother to get up and offer our seat to an old lady. I grew up kind of liking that, thinking, y'know, that's a nice thing, that's a courtesy. — Paul McCartney

It's a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time. — Paul McCartney

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.' — Paul McCartney

Ebony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my keyboard piano, oh Lord, why don't we? — Paul McCartney

I do like Eddie Van Halen as a player. He gets it right quite often. — Paul McCartney

I tried heroin just the once. Even then, I didn't realize I'd taken it. I was just handed something, smoked it, then found out what it was. It didn't do anything for me, which was lucky because I wouldn't have fancied heading down that road. — Paul McCartney

My stepmother sold my birth certificate and someone asked why I didn't buy it back. I don't know, really. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. It was mine. It cost me nothing and suddenly I had to buy it back. — Paul McCartney

The ring at the end of my nose makes me look rather pretty. — Paul McCartney

It's nice to have a little bit of art to fall back on. — Paul McCartney

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four? — Paul McCartney

There is good and bad in everyone. — Paul McCartney

I think the French girls are fabulous. — Paul McCartney

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. I'm still planning to write better songs. — Paul McCartney

Personally, I think you can put any interpretation you want on anything, but when someone suggests that Can't Buy Me Love is about a prostitute, I draw the line. That's going too far. — Paul McCartney

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

Drugs had shown me little bits here and there-they had rolled across the carpet once or twice, but I had been able to get them out of my mind. — Paul McCartney

It's as serious as anyone ever gets, you know. It's just words. It's just good poetry. — Paul McCartney

I think globally and act locally. — Paul McCartney

My thing is about following the accidental, more than trying to paint an accurate bowl of apples. I enjoy most following the paint. It leads me somewhere else. I think I enjoy just letting the magic unfold and letting the spirit of the paint tell me where we're going. — Paul McCartney

Love doesn't come in a minute, sometimes it doesn't come at all. — Paul McCartney

I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice in the back of my brain that goes, "No, no, no. You could do better. This person over here is excelling. Try harder!" It still can be a little bit intimidating. — Paul McCartney

I like most kinds of music. So I haven't got a bag, as they say... except the big black one in the hall outside. — Paul McCartney

When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley. — Paul McCartney

I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don't want to stop. — Paul McCartney

There will be an answer. Let it be. — Paul McCartney

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it. — Paul McCartney

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

I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past. — Paul McCartney

The good Lord made this world and everything that's in it. The way I see it, baby, you got to love it to the limit. — Paul McCartney

Life Lessons by Paul McCartney

1. Paul McCartney has taught us to stay humble and remain grounded despite achieving great success. He has demonstrated that hard work and dedication can lead to a life of great accomplishments.
2. He has also shown us that it is possible to remain creative and inspired throughout a long career, and to keep pushing boundaries and exploring new ideas.
3. Finally, Paul McCartney has taught us that it is important to be generous and give back to the community, as he has done through his philanthropic work and support of various charities.