Mccartney's Quotes

#1. Of course, Paul McCartney's sound is different from mine, but it's the way you hear things, really.

Chris Squire

#2. I'd love to be in Paul McCartney's shoes for a day. I'd love to pick up a guitar and write songs like he does. Or to experience what it might have been like to be a Beatle for a day.

Tom Felton

#3. When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartney's press conference.

Nina Blackwood

#4. McCartney's first involvement is to be stripped by Saha

Guy Mowbray

#5. From a floor below someone was singing with a karaoke machine, Paul McCartney's 'Simply Having a Wonderful Christmas Time,' completely out of tune. 'Beyond doubt the worst Christmas song ever written,' New York said to me, quietly. 'Like a request to God to end the universe.

Glen Duncan

#6. When I was 15, a cabdriver asked me if I was Paul McCartney's daughter,

Sean Lennon

#7. If the Beatles made England swing for the young, then Bond was a travel-poster boy for the earmuff brigade. The Bond films even put a few theme songs, such as Paul McCartney's 'Live and Let Die,' on the pop charts.

Richard Corliss

#8. 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

#9. 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

#10. It's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone.

Paul McCartney

#11. 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

#12. And what's the point of changing when I'm happy as I am?

Paul McCartney

#13. 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

#14. I think deep down I'm spiritual, but there's nothing I practice.

Stella McCartney

#15. 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

#16. 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

#17. I think it's very wrong to have the mass murder, every single day, of millions of animals.

Stella McCartney

#18. 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

#19. 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

#20. 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

#21. Animation is not just for children - it's also for adults who take drugs.

Paul McCartney

#22. 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

#23. I think the minute you're full up and have had enough to eat, then that's time to retire.

Paul McCartney

#24. 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

#25. 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

#26. 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

#27. 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

#28. 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

#29. 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

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

Paul McCartney

#31. He likes to think he's Paul McCartney. But Paul McCartney is a gentle soul. And a monogamist.

Rainbow Rowell

#32. There's nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.

Paul McCartney

#33. 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

#34. 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

#35. 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

#36. 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

#37. 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

#38. It's a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.

Paul McCartney

#39. John's time and effort were, in the main, spent on pretty honorable stuff. As for the other side, well, nobody's perfect, nobody's Jesus. And look what they did to him.

Paul McCartney

#40. Stella McCartney, not only is she a designer, she is a mother of four, and she lives for practicality. She understands what a woman needs to wear to work and what a woman needs to wear when it's time to go out and put on the Ritz!

Andre Leon Talley

#41. We try to make earth-friendly decisions whenever we can, as it's part of our brand DNA.

Stella McCartney

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

Paul McCartney

#43. I like to smile when its natural. I'm not mad or anything. That's my style.

Jesse McCartney

#44. 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.

Paul McCartney

#45. When two great saints meet, it's a humbling experience.

Paul McCartney

#46. You feel like everyone hates you if you've got a good life, now I feel maybe it's allowed because I've had my share of sadness.

Stella McCartney

#47. I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do.

Paul McCartney

#48. A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it's all you've got, unless you're brilliant and can write totally in the now.

Paul McCartney

#49. As a designer, I like to work with fabrics that don't bleed; that's why I avoid all animal skins.

Stella McCartney

#50. You're always looking at last year, or 10 years ago, or your school days, or your teenage years, your formative years. Because that's exactly what they are, they're your formative years.

Paul McCartney

#51. My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know it's going to hit. They don't know when, they don't know where it's coming from. But it's sort of hit already. With iTunes, and all of that.

Paul McCartney

#52. Teach me about some taxes. Why didn't nobody teach me about taxes on TV? Why don't nobody teach us about none of that man? What's going on? Why don't people teach us about getting together?

Brandon McCartney

#53. It's like if you're an astronaut and you've been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?

Paul McCartney

#54. When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about to do.

Paul McCartney

#55. 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

#56. What's wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.

Paul McCartney

#57. It's like John Lennon writing with ... Taylor Swift instead of Paul McCartney.

Rainbow Rowell

#58. Everybody seems to think I'm lazy
I don't mind, I think they're crazy.
Running everywhere at such a speed
Till they find there's no need.

John Lennon

#59. The consumption of animals - whether you're wearing them or eating them - is extraordinarily damaging to the planet. There are over a billion animals killed a year for food, half of which don't even get eaten. And there's over 50 million animals killed just for fashion.

Stella McCartney

#60. Music is in me. I don't have much of a choice. People might listen to one of my songs or come and see my because of my famous last name, but if my music's not good they won't hang around.

James McCartney

#61. We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.

Paul McCartney

#62. 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.

Paul McCartney

#63. 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

#64. 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

#65. 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

#66. The really great thing about my shop is that there's not one dead animal in it ... Manolo's got a load of fabric shoes as well! We use plastic, fabric, rubber- anything but leather. I almost feel like I've been put here to show everyone that it's unnecessary.

Stella McCartney

#67. It's like there was me, then the Beatles phase, and now I'm me again.

Paul McCartney

#68. The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the more successful songs, there's a sort of magic glow that just happens and you can feel it happening. It just makes the songs sort of roll out.

Paul McCartney

#69. If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important thing you could do. It's staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty.

Paul McCartney

#70. I'm not into, Hey, what's your sign? or any of that. But I don't know how I got here, and I don't know how I write songs. I don't know why I breathe.

Paul McCartney

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

Bill McCartney

#72. I'm incredibly sad that my mother's not here to see my kids and that my kids don't get to know her. And she didn't meet my husband. That's one of the hardest things. I don't even know how to put that into words.

Stella McCartney

#73. 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

#74. If you try to create something people enjoy, and it happens to be made in a responsible way, then that's when you can really strike an incredible balance.

Stella McCartney

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

Linda McCartney

#76. No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you're always still thinking there's somebody out there who's better than you.

Paul McCartney

#77. Most male painters have historically admired the female form. It's got a lot going for it.

Stella McCartney

#78. Everybody who's anybody has been competitive and over-sensitive and a bit silly. Look at Paul McCartney, look at Elton John. They're jealous of Justin Timberlake. I'm sure they were jealous of me when I was in my imperial phase.

Robbie Williams

#79. I'm in awe of McCartney. He's about the only one that I am in awe of. He can do it all. And he's never let up ... He's just so damn effortless.

Bob Dylan

#80. 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

#81. It's as serious as anyone ever gets, you know. It's just words. It's just good poetry.

Paul McCartney

#82. Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on this earth to sell records. Maybe it's because of my upbringing, but I do consider myself a moral guy.

Jesse McCartney

#83. I love Stella McCartney because she's timeless and classic, and I love Isabel Marant for wearability - you don't need 'an occasion' for her clothes.

Louise Nurding

#84. 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

#85. I respect my dad, and he's amazing. He's my hero. He's the Beatles, man - or one of them.

James McCartney

#86. Sadness isn't sadness. It's happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They're balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It's life that's jumped off a tall cliff.

Paul McCartney

#87. Big dreams create the magic that stir men's souls to greatness.

Bill McCartney

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

Paul McCartney

#89. For me, women's ski wear has always been black and, again, not as feminine or sexy as I think it could look while still having the technology there.

Stella McCartney

#90. When I married Paul, we lived in St John's Wood in London. We had nice next-door neighbours, but you don't know anyone else. Everyone lives in isolation.

Linda McCartney

#91. The owner of Spotify is worth something like 3 billion dollars ... he's richer than Paul McCartney and he's 30 and he's never written a song.

Patrick Carney

#92. By the time we made "Abbey Road", John and I were openly critical of each other's music, and I felt John wasn't much interested in performing anything he hadn't written himself.

Paul McCartney

#93. It's nice to have a little bit of art to fall back on.

Paul McCartney

#94. I'm still looking to write a great song ... You always are. You know, you never think, 'Well, that's enough ... that's good enough.'

Paul McCartney

#95. The Pound is sinking, the Peso's failing, the Lira's reeling, and feeling quite appalling.

Paul McCartney

#96. Be cool and you'll be alright. That's rock & roll religion.

Paul McCartney

#97. I think the pop industry is still a young man's game.

Paul McCartney

#98. I think it's entirely possible to have a career in fashion and raise a child. Stella McCartney is on her fourth child and remains both a fashion icon and a great mom.

Rodger Berman

#99. 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

#100. All we ever got in those [early] days was Where are you from? Liverpool? You'll have to be in London before you can do it. Nobody's ever done it from Liverpool.

Paul McCartney