James McCartney quotes:

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

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.

Picking up a guitar - I couldn't imagine doing anything else.

Mum was very cool. Even though she came from a pretty affluent family, she was cool. She was really good, a very normal person.

When I was 20, my mother died and I went off the rails a little bit. I kinda had my slightly dark period.

It's hard to live up to The Beatles. When Wings toured, they got slated. Even Dad found it hard living up to The Beatles. I started out playing under an alias because I wanted to start quietly.

I did art; I made furniture. I didn't want to be a cliche - the Beatle's son who became a musician.