Paul McCartney Quotes - Page 2

No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.

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.

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

Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.

A lot of the Beatles albums were very various, and we did it on purpose: We didn't want the next track to sound like the last one.

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.

The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.

When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.

One of my great memories of John is from when we were having some argument. I was disagreeing and we were calling each other names. We let it settle for a second and then he lowered his glasses and he said: "It's only me." And then he put his glasses back on again. To me, that was John. Those were the moments when I actually saw him without the facade, the armor, which I loved as well, like anyone else. It was a beautiful suit of armor. But it was wonderful when he let the visor down and you'd just see the John Lennon that he was frightened to reveal to the world.

There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.

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

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

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

My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.

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

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

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.

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.

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.'

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.

And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be...

To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love 'em.

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.

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.

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