Quotes by "Paul McCartney"

And, in the end The love you take is equal to the love you make.

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

When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be. And in my hour of darkness she is standing right in front of me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be. Let it be, let it be, let it be, let it be. Whisper words of wisdom, let it be. And when the broken hearted people living in the world agree, there will be an answer, let it be. For though they may be parted there is still a chance that they will see, there will be an answer. let it be. Let it be, let it be, ..... And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light, that shines on me, shine until tomorrow, let it be. I wake up to the sound of music, mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom, let it be. Let it be, let it be, .....

I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.

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.

George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement.

I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.

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

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.

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.

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.

We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more like old army buddies splitting up on account of wedding bells.

I look a lot busier than I am, as I'm actually a rather sporadic, random person and I'll play a few gigs and then disappear for a while.

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.

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!

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.

At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.

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.

I don't ever try to make a serious social comment.

I like the idea that people hear my stuff, and if it's commercially successful, that's a good sign that it's being heard.