One of things about beards is that, when men reach a certain age, they'd like to see if they can grow one. It's a phenomenon I understand very well. After you get over the itchy face, you go, "Oh, I don't have to shave, that's cool." And then you move into the philosophical thing- people say, "You look weird, you have a beard." And you say, "No, actually, it's weird to shave." Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
Paul McCartneyPersonal differences, musical differences, business differences, but most of all because I have a better time with my family.
Paul McCartneyFor you know that it's a fool who plays it cool, by making his world a little colder.
Paul McCartney...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
Paul McCartneyThere are two things John and I always do when we're going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.
Paul McCartneyI 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.
Paul McCartneyWith life and all I've been through, I do have a belief in goodness, a good spirit. I think what people have done with religion is personified good and evil, so good's become God with 'o' out, and evil's become Devil with a 'd' added. That's my theory of religion.
Paul McCartneyI 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 McCartneyNone of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
Paul McCartneySometimes you write a song in a certain era and it's got a certain kind of significance.
Paul McCartneyThe thing you must remember is that I'm the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did love him
Paul McCartneyI think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don't need high minded talk, they need results.
Paul McCartneyEbony and ivory live together in perfect harmony, side by side on my keyboard piano, oh Lord, why don't we?
Paul McCartneyI am quite happy that the Beatles came and went. There is even a sort of glory in not having it go on forever. There is a complete body of work that went from A to Z and it is all pretty damn good stuff. The one thing I am particularly proud of is that nearly every single bit of it has some good message. I feel fortunate when I look back. Life is not easy, but I've been very lucky - and I'm touching wood as I say that.
Paul McCartneyI did cocaine for about a year around the time of Sgt Pepper. Coke and maybe some grass to balance it out. I was never completely crazy with cocaine. I'd been introduced to it and at first it seemed OK, like anything that's new and stimulating. When you start working your way through it, you start thinking: 'Mmm, this is not so cool an idea,' especially when you start getting those terrible comedowns.
Paul McCartneyI think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not write savage lyrics.
Paul McCartneyPeople think once you get famous and rich you move out of the public sphere and you have nothing left to write about. I've heard that - Bruce Springsteen was this real street boy, now he's got this big house. How does that compute? If you don't look at the material side of someone's life, if you look at more the emotional side, there's always a wealth of stuff to write about.
Paul McCartneyThe 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 McCartneyIt's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone.
Paul McCartneyLinda's at her best when she's doing you a meal at home. That's when you see Linda. She cooks, she looks after the kids.
Paul McCartneyAt 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.
Paul McCartneyWhen a war is over I think it's a cowardly thing to leave the war behind you in minefields that hit women and children and the most vulnerable. Imagine the war is finished and you go to work and there are snipers shooting at you. Imagine taking your kids to the beach and you find that the beach is blowing up beneath you. Like there's nowhere safe.
Paul McCartneyTrumpets are a bit more adventurous; they're drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
Paul McCartneyI can't manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies.
Paul McCartneyWhen 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 McCartneyThe Pound is sinking, the Peso's failing, the Lira's reeling, and feeling quite appalling.
Paul McCartneyI 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 McCartneyBend like the willow, winds gonna blow you hard and cold tonight. Life as it happens, nobody warns you, willow hold on tight.
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