Mccartney Quotes & Sayings

Fight for the right to live in freedom! — 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

We are really on top of one another at the moment and I think it is amazing how we stay so close. Maybe that's the test. Why not totally put yourself together, rather than always wonder whether you actually like each other? — Linda 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

When you're a 'product' for a lot of people, they're only really after one thing, and so it's hard to completely let down your guard. — Jesse McCartney

That sums up why it's crazy to meet Paul McCartney because he's the type of n - - that needs that. — Earl Sweatshirt

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

I try to keep that quiet unless it is asked but yeah, I have a girlfriend and she is a great girl — Jesse McCartney

People say the Beatles were John Lennon. What is Paul McCartney? Chopped liver? But everyone has their own favourite members whose creativity they gravitate to. That's normal. — Mike Love

Depending on how you looked at it, Darren was our Mick Jagger (designated swaggering extrovert) to Simon's Keith Richards (quietly virtuosic, blatantly self-destructive). Or else Darren had been Paul McCartney (chirpily commercial) and Simon had been John Lennon (moody, introspective, possessed of quasi-mystical insights). — Austin Grossman

I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine. — Paul McCartney

When you think of fashion photography, it's a dream. It's like we all want to be those women. We want to wear those dresses. — Stella McCartney

I want to keep everyone happy but at the same time I also have to be confident with what I'm putting out and be secure with it. — Jesse 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 to smile when its natural. I'm not mad or anything. That's my style. — Jesse McCartney

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

I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul
You're the one I wanna chase
You're the one I wanna hold
I won't let another minute go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul — Jesse McCartney

I think hard drugs are disgusting. But I must say, I think marijuana is pretty lightweight. — Linda McCartney

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

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

My so-called career is a haphazard thing. — Paul McCartney

There's nothing fashionable about a dead animal that has been cruelly killed just because some people think it looks cool to wear. — Stella McCartney

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 ... — Paul McCartney

I never met Paul McCartney. — Jim Sturgess

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. — Paul McCartney

There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to. — Rick Springfield

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

When I first toured with Wings things that were said about me were true - I did sing out of tune. — Linda 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'm singing 'English Tea' from my new album 'Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.' I have a cup of tea in the morning, so it's something good to wake up to. — Paul McCartney

True worship is not just an emotional experience. It reaches to the very depths of our souls and touches every aspect of our being — Bill 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

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, the whole world would be vegetarian. — Linda McCartney

I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course. — Paul McCartney

Stella McCartney is just the coolest show to do. I love the collection. I love the setting. All of her stuff always feels so fresh. — Martha Hunt

I'm not a phony-friendly guy and I'm usually very quiet and not a big laugher, so some people might take that for rudeness and being mean. If anyone ever got that impression, I apologize. I love all my fans and really appreciate all their support! — Jesse McCartney

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Listen to the music playing in your head. — Paul McCartney

At the end of the day I separate things; my life is my life and my work is my work. — Stella McCartney

My biggest surprises in my everyday job have to do with the challenges of trying to be slightly more responsible as a brand. — Stella McCartney

Today as never before in their history, Americans are enthralled with military power. The global military supremacy that the United States presently enjoys - and is bent on perpetuating - has become central to our national identity. More than America's matchless material abundance or even the effusions of its pop culture, the nation's arsenal of high tech weaponry and the soldiers who employ that arsenal have come to signify who we are and what we stand for. — James McCartney

Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard. — Paul McCartney

So I go to the studio, and just say, 'Hi Paul, it's me, Rusty.' I think I kept it together pretty well, although I was pretty nervous. And before the day is over I'm playing guitar, and there's Paul McCartney over there, playing his Hofner bass and singing. All I can do is think, 'This life is so so bizarre.' — Rusty Anderson

Some artists are happy doing the same thing again and again, but my favorite artists are the ones who evolve and grow, and I want to be one of them. — James 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

Oppression won't win, the light comes from within. — Linda McCartney

My mother was killed in a plane crash, so I hate travelling in planes. Death is so unexpected. I would actually rather stay at home and not go anywhere. — Linda 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

I do have a spongelike ear or mentality or whatever you call it, but it's probably a bit subconscious. — Paul McCartney

Sometimes Lennon needed McCartney and sometimes Simon needed Garfunkel. You'd go mad doing everything on your own. — Jake Bugg

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

Most male painters have historically admired the female form. It's got a lot going for it. — Stella McCartney

The Stones suggested that if you dabble in decadence, you could turn into a devil-worshipping junkie. Paul McCartney suggested that if you mess around with girl worship, you could turn into a husband. So Paul was a lot scarier. — Rob Sheffield

When I'm singing, that's all me. That's from the bottom of my heart - it's everything I've worked for. When you're on stage, there are no guidelines. No one's telling me what to do! — Jesse McCartney

I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache. — Paul McCartney

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

Whenever I have time, I try to get in the studio and write, whether it's for me or other artists or my catalog of music. It's definitely one of my favorite parts of the music industry. — Jesse McCartney

Everybody who I ever cared about has told me that they like my music: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Al Green, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson. Everybody that matters. — Daryl Hall

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

There is good and bad in everyone. — Paul McCartney

It was a period when they used to read into our lyrics a lot, used to think there was more in them than there was. — Paul McCartney

It's not about what it looks like in the studio or on the runway. It's what it looks like on a real person that matters. — Stella McCartney

I think the French girls are fabulous. — Paul McCartney

Depending on the season, between 20 and 30 percent of my collections contain some sort of eco or sustainable element, whether it's a beautiful organic fabric or a natural dye. And obviously I don't use animal skins or fur of any kind. — Stella McCartney

There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway. — Paul McCartney

We spend so much time together, because that's how we like it. I never used to go on girl's nights out, even at school. And Paul has never liked going out for a night with the boys, either. — Linda McCartney

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

I think it took me a little while to be true to myself as a designer, and in some ways I'm still trying to do that. I have to choose things that come naturally to me. Whenever I challenge something too much or try too hard, it never quite works out. — Stella McCartney

If I could do something with Paul McCartney it would be just amazing. Or Eric Clapton. — Jake Shimabukuro

I worked with Paul McCartney for a while and saw what it does to you to be treated like a god for twenty years. — Tracey Ullman

I feel like a different person since my mum passed away, like I'm driving a ship with my husband alongside me and we're leading these four children into unknown waters. — Stella McCartney

Music is like a psychiatrist. You can tell your guitar things that you can't tell people. And it will answer you with things people can't tell you. — Paul McCartney

When two great saints meet, it's a humbling experience. — Paul McCartney

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

I personally love sportswear, and love using it in high fashion. — Stella McCartney

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

It's also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. — Paul McCartney

I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise. — Paul McCartney

When you're born again, your DNA changes. You have the ability to understand God's terms. — Bill McCartney

All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself. — Bill McCartney

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

You were only waiting for this moment to be free. — Paul McCartney

There's the feeling, and the right reading - that's all you really need to know; the right light and the feeling. — Linda McCartney

For my first album I wanted to make a record that would be intimate, deeply personal, and honest. — James McCartney

I definitely caught a lot of backlash in my situation, not just from students but also from faculty, which was unfortunate, given that I was spending a lot of my time outside school working on a career, which a lot of people didn't really agree with. — Jesse McCartney

I'm in the gym pretty much every day. I've been very strict about my diet during shooting. It all helps me bring as much authenticity to the role as I can. — Jesse McCartney

When I was 20, my mother died and I went off the rails a little bit. I kinda had my slightly dark period. — James McCartney

When you got a job to do, you got to do it well. You gotta give the other fellow hell. — Paul McCartney

And what's the point of changing when I'm happy as I am? — Paul McCartney

I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog. I had fun trying to duplicate what I was hearing on these records, only using the instruments I had at hand - an acoustic guitar, and that's all. It was endlessly amusing to me to try to imitate John Lennon and Paul McCartney's harmonies using the guitar. — M. Ward

The cows in Stella Gibbons's immortal 'Cold Comfort Farm' are named Graceless, Aimless, Feckless and Pointless, and that more or less is the verdict on 'Ocean's Kingdom,' the wildly hyped and wildly uninteresting collaboration between Peter Martins and Paul McCartney. — Robert Gottlieb

Bend like the willow, winds gonna blow you hard and cold tonight. Life as it happens, nobody warns you, willow hold on tight. — Paul McCartney

I'd like to be in a man band, but with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Keith Richards. We'd have a rocky edge. — Ringo Starr

That's not really important what religion people are attached to, because by the same argument I have a lot of Christian friends and Moslem friends. It's just happened that I do have a lot of relatives and friends who are Jewish. — Paul McCartney

When I was 15, a cabdriver asked me if I was Paul McCartney's daughter, — Sean Lennon

When I was a kid, I wanted to emulate Mel Blanc, who is arguably one of the most legendary voiceover recording artists of our time. I used to watch all the cartoons where he would voice Daffy, Elmer Fudd and Porky the Pig. I knew one day I wanted to do that. — Jesse McCartney

When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartney's press conference. — Nina Blackwood

I don't plan massively in advance. — Stella McCartney

I wasn't looking for another marriage. I had been married before. He is a nice man - a geologist, an Ernest Hemingway type. But Paul and I married because of convention. — Linda McCartney

I've always wanted to like, swim in a swimming pool filled with peanut butter — Jesse McCartney

I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record. — Paul McCartney