Paul McCartney quotes

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

— Paul McCartney

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

— Paul McCartney

“My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.”

— Paul McCartney

“My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students.”

— Paul McCartney

“My so-called career is a haphazard thing.”

— Paul McCartney

“Putting two songs together, I've always loved that trick when it works.”

— Paul McCartney

“She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it's gonna be the Beatles.”

— Paul McCartney

“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.”

— Paul McCartney

“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

“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.”

— Paul McCartney

“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.”

— Paul McCartney

“When we were starting off as kids, just the idea of maybe going to do this as a living instead of getting what we thought was going to be a boring job, was exciting.”

— Paul McCartney

“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

“Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing.”

— Paul McCartney