25 Quotes By Paul McCartney


It's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone.
Paul McCartney on alone

George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.
Paul McCartney on anger

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.
Paul McCartney on business

When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself!
Paul McCartney on car

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.
Paul McCartney on dad

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 on dad

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.
Paul McCartney on dad

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

Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.
Paul McCartney on dad

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 on death

The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
Paul McCartney on death

Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.
Paul McCartney on home

And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.
Paul McCartney on humor

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

Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.
Paul McCartney on mom

When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself!
Paul McCartney on money

George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money.
Paul McCartney on money

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.
Paul McCartney on money

Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
Paul McCartney on music

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.
Paul McCartney on music