Top 100 Mccartney Quotes
#1. I'm naturally guarded because of the way I was brought up. But I understand people are interested in who I am.
James McCartney
#2. It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time.
Stella McCartney
#3. 'I Want To Hold Your Hand' is a great classic by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, I sure love that song. I did like the classic version, a rock-oriented song, then someone heard me do it with the Grant Green approach - Grant Green and Larry Young did it, with a bossa nova beat on the funky side.
George Benson
#4. 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
#5. Of course, Paul McCartney's sound is different from mine, but it's the way you hear things, really.
Chris Squire
#6. 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
#8. Her hands reach out for intangible dreams as dust motes dance in the spectrum of light across one corner of the room.
Tracey-anne McCartney
#9. It's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone.
Paul McCartney
#10. 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
#11. I don't ever try to make a serious social comment.
Paul McCartney
#12. And what's the point of changing when I'm happy as I am?
Paul McCartney
#13. Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
Paul McCartney
#14. Putting two songs together, I've always loved that trick when it works.
Paul McCartney
#15. If slaughterhouses had glass walls, the whole world would be vegetarian.
Linda McCartney
#17. 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
#18. The Beatles gave me everything. Especially Paul McCartney. I adore him.
Ozzy Osbourne
#19. I definitely want to embrace the relationships I have with the people I love.
James McCartney
#20. I think deep down I'm spiritual, but there's nothing I practice.
Stella McCartney
#21. If anyone had told me in the '60s that 20 years later we'd still be talking about whether pot was worse than this or that, I'd have said, Oh, come off it, boys.
Paul McCartney
#22. I never look forward, because I have no idea about how any of it happened to getting here. I've no idea how the next five years are going to be.
Paul McCartney
#23. I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.
Paul McCartney
#24. 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
#25. My brother's researched our early family history. He found a letter from a fella who said he used to be in love with my mum.
Paul McCartney
#26. I don't have a favourite designer because I feel every designer offers something different and special, but I do really like Alexander Wang, Burberry, Stella McCartney and Balmain.
Jourdan Dunn
#27. 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
#28. Alas, it looks like those unsubstantiated rumours about me are about to come true after all this time ...
Paul McCartney
#30. I get insecure about a lot of things. In my line of work, unfortunately, your appearance is important, and I'm always like, 'Am I going to the gym enough this month? Have I been taking care of myself?' I get insecure about things from time to time.
Jesse McCartney
#31. 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
#32. 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
#33. The statement by Paul McCartney that, although he was a pacifist, he couldn't be at this time of war. Which is as daft as being a vegetarian between meals.
Mark Steel
#34. I think it's very wrong to have the mass murder, every single day, of millions of animals.
Stella McCartney
#35. I play to all people, and I play to people not governments, and I believe strongly that all people are peaceful and would want peace.
Paul McCartney
#37. If you're using your imagination, you tend to look into the past for ideas.
Paul McCartney
#38. I'm the worst on facts about me or facts about the Beatles.
Paul McCartney
#39. I don't use specific brands really. It's just that for my skin, I need as high an SPF factor as I can get my hands on. That's the only rule.
Stella McCartney
#40. If this ever changing world in which we live in makes you give in and cry, say live and let die.
Paul McCartney
#41. I'm not a fan of musicals at all, but I do think 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is a very good. I always thought 'Walk the Line' was very good, too. I was in 'Nowhere Boy.' I played Paul McCartney. That was kind of musical - we did songs in that.
Thomas Sangster
#42. 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
#43. Paul persuaded me to join the band. I would never have had the courage otherwise. It was fun at the beginning. We were playing just for fun, with Paul's group.
Linda McCartney
#44. I'm mad, you know? I don't think of retiring at all.
Paul McCartney
#45. 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
#46. I would have loved to record with Paul McCartney on some of his early solo recordings, wonderful music. Playing some lovely organ, perhaps. I would have loved to record with John Lennon. He was a dear friend. I had lunch with him just two days before he died.
Rick Wakeman
#47. Animation is not just for children - it's also for adults who take drugs.
Paul McCartney
#48. You want to be confident when you work out because it takes a lot to make you work out. So many women really enjoy it, but it's a hard thing and you have to make yourself do it most of the time. I think you want to feel that you look good to make you want to work out a little bit more.
Stella McCartney
#49. When you find the person that you settle down with, I guess you mellow. They are taming you, aren't they? Or you're taming them.
Stella McCartney
#50. WOW DID I JUST SEE LIL B?
THE MYTH ?? THE AMERICAN HERO AND LEGEND? WORLD WIDE LEGEND! I MEAN I DIDNT EVEN THINK HE WAS HUMAN
Brandon McCartney
#51. Success financially is a measure of creative success, it is the same in all arts.
Stella McCartney
#52. I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.
Paul McCartney
#53. There will be no wardrobe malfunction with me. I can promise you that ... I have nothing I will be exposing or taking off.
Paul McCartney
#54. 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
#55. I like Stella McCartney, Chloe, Alexander McQueen, Aaron Featherstone, normal Chanel if I can ever afford it, I'd be wearing that all the time! I like to admire from afar.
Brittany Snow
#56. This type of gathering is unprecedented. The time has come for Christians to publicly affirm our Jewish roots, distinctions and oneness in Jesus Christ.
Bill McCartney
#57. Give Ireland back to the Irish, don't make them have to take it away.
Paul McCartney
#58. I think the minute you're full up and have had enough to eat, then that's time to retire.
Paul McCartney
#59. Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.
Stella McCartney
#60. I'm not offended or embarrassed by the fact that I design clothes for women to wear. So when I meet women who love my clothes, it's a really good, straightforward thing. It makes me feel like I'm doing my job right.
Stella McCartney
#61. I used to get embarrassed about the fact I liked fashion. I still get a bit cringy.
Stella McCartney
#62. I try to keep that quiet unless it is asked but yeah, I have a girlfriend and she is a great girl
Jesse McCartney
#63. If it was up to me, I'd get more oil tanker drivers drunk. I don't value music much. I like the Beatles, but I hate Paul McCartney. I like Led Zeppelin, but I hate Robert Plant. I like the Who, but I hate Roger Daltrey.
Kurt Cobain
#64. 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
#65. 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.
Paul McCartney
#66. According to the book Celebrate Today, June 18th is National Splurge Day. Besides being the birthday of Paul McCartney and Isabella Rossellini, it's also mine. Go ahead; celebrate my birthday and don't worry about the cost!
Ernie J Zelinski
#67. It's incredibly important that if you have the dream of having your own house, you don't pretend to be something you're not. Ultimately, it's unsustainable and people will see through. You have to work; you can't expect your dreams to be handed to you on a plate.
Stella McCartney
#68. This is the first time I've ever played the Grammys. I finally passed the audition.
Paul McCartney
#69. We think we want to do something and when it comes to it, we don't. We don't like to commit.
Linda McCartney
#70. 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
#71. 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
#72. With the Beatles, we'd been very spoiled because we had George Martin who worked for the record label we were going to be signed to. That was very fortunate, because we grew together.
Paul McCartney
#73. Our kids haven't any airs about them. I don't like posh kids who don't like dirty dolls or expect a chauffeur every time they go out.
Linda McCartney
#74. I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.
Paul McCartney
#75. I guess the ultimate luxury professionally is to be able to change your direction, to work in another medium.
Paul McCartney
#76. 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
#77. 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
#78. I think it is important to grow. Your fans are growing up with you whether you like it or not. You have to keep it fresh and exciting for them. You have to bring something new to the table each time.
Jesse McCartney
#79. We went to church every Sunday. I do think it's my duty to give back. That's why I'm involved with St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital and the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Jesse McCartney
#80. George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement.
Paul McCartney
#81. So, if I'm cooking, I'll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
Paul McCartney
#82. He likes to think he's Paul McCartney. But Paul McCartney is a gentle soul. And a monogamist.
Rainbow Rowell
#83. 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
#84. There's nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
Paul McCartney
#85. I'm a Giants fan through and through. I am crazy about Eli Manning. I'm all about the Giants.
Jesse McCartney
#86. Personal differences, musical differences, business differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family.
Paul McCartney
#87. I still believe that love is all you need. I don't know a better message than that.
Paul McCartney
#88. 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
#89. 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.
Paul McCartney
#90. We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supports Liverpool. He was Everton for a while because of his family - but it's all Liverpool now.
Linda McCartney
#91. We would normally play it to Cynthia or whoever was around
Paul McCartney
#92. If I ever get out of here, thought of giving it all away to a registered charity.
Paul McCartney
#93. 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
#94. I'm actually doing what I want with my life. I do sometime think I could just shut up and rest on my laurels and say: you know what guys, I'll operate out of the pocket you put me in ... but no way! No way I'm gonna do that! I'd just get bored stiff the first minute.
Paul McCartney
#95. Paul McCartney, the ex-Beatle Brady's mom used to call Old Spaniel Eyes, is getting a medal at the White House. Why is it, Brady sometimes wonders, that people with only a little talent get so much of everything? It's just another proof that the world is crazy.
Stephen King
#97. If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.
Linda McCartney
#98. 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
#99. 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
#100. 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
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