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Paul McCartney is an English singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known as a founding member of The Beatles. His musical creativity and innovative approach helped shape the sound of modern popular music. He continues to influence generations of musicians and audiences around the world. Here are 129 of his quotes:

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)
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. View quote
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Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard. View quote
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway. View quote
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Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music. View quote
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I 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. View quote
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I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing. View quote
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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. View quote
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George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money. View quote
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At 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. View quote
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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)
We probably seem to be anti-religious...none of us believes in God. View quote
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Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday. View quote
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Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away. View quote
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Lovely Rita, Meter Maid, nothing could come between us. When it gets dark I'll tow your heart away. View quote
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Animation is not just for children - it's also for adults who take drugs. View quote
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When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself! View quote
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I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise. View quote
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When we were kids we always used to say, ‘Okay, whoever dies first, get a message through.' When John died, I thought, ‘Well, maybe we'll get a message,' because I know he knew the deal. I haven't had a message from John. View quote
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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. View quote
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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)
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. View quote
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I can't deal with the press; I hate all those Beatles questions. View quote
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It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard "Heartbreak Hotel" I thought, this is it. View quote
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What you do and what you love just becomes a part of you, if you're lucky. View quote
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Paul McCartney

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Occupation: British Singer
Born: June 18, 1942
Quotes count: 129
Wikipedia: Paul McCartney

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