Paul McCartney quotes:

Send

I never met Paul McCartney. -- Jim Sturgess
Paul McCartney has a voice that can do anything! -- Phil Spector
I used to fantasize that Paul McCartney would marry my sister. -- Ozzy Osbourne
The Beatles gave me everything. Especially Paul McCartney. I adore him. -- Ozzy Osbourne
I really like the song "Only One" [ Kanye West with Paul McCartney]. -- Kim Kardashian
I would really love to work with Paul McCartney. Isn't that arrogant? -- Tina Weymouth
When I was 15, a cabdriver asked me if I was Paul McCartney's daughter, -- Sean Lennon
The most sophisticated pop musician that I knew of and liked was Paul McCartney. -- Freedy Johnston
When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartneys press conference. -- Nina Blackwood
When I worked for Entertainment Tonight I got to emcee Paul McCartney's press conference. -- Nina Blackwood
If I could do something with Paul McCartney it would be just amazing. Or Eric Clapton. -- Jake Shimabukuro
It was one of the greatest experiences of my life to meet Paul McCartney. It was phenomenal. -- Ozzy Osbourne
You could live in Winnipeg a thousand years and not meet Ringo, Paul McCartney, or Bob Dylan. -- Burton Cummings
Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years. -- Noel Gallagher
Yoko Ono never deserved any of the hate she got. Paul McCartney and John Lennon weren't getting along. -- Patrick Stump
Paul McCartney and John Lennon would often write a song a day, so I have the same workmanlike philosophy. -- Jason Mraz
It was endlessly amusing to me to try to imitate John Lennon and Paul McCartney's harmonies using the guitar. -- M. Ward
There weren't a lot of girl singers around. Paul McCartney and John Lennon were the guys I looked up to. -- Rick Springfield
I would love to just talk to Paul McCartney. That would be incredible, but that is definitely like a dream. -- Kris Allen
That sums up why it's crazy to meet Paul McCartney because he's the type of n - - that needs that. -- Earl Sweatshirt
I'd like to be in a man band, but with Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Keith Richards. We'd have a rocky edge. -- Ringo Starr
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
If someone can write great music... Paul McCartney is a genius. He's so prolific. All we should do is bow down to Paul McCartney. -- Fred Armisen
If Paul McCartney tells me that so-and-so song is his favorite song, what do I care? What do I care what anybody else says? -- Daryl Hall
I worked with Paul McCartney for a while and saw what it does to you to be treated like a god for twenty years. -- Tracey Ullman
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
Paul McCartney's dad told him that when he was a kid. "Son, play the piano and when you go to parties, the girls will come to you." -- Anthony Kiedis
Phillip is the Paul McCartney of our family: better-looking than the rest of us, always facing a different direction in pictures, and occasionally rumored to be dead. -- Jonathan Tropper
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
I won't apologize for ticket prices. I think we're well worth it. We consider ourselves in the elite touring acts, like the Stones, Elton John, Paul McCartney. -- Glenn Frey
Everybody who I ever cared about has told me that they like my music: Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney, Al Green, The Spinners, Smokey Robinson. Everybody that matters. -- Daryl Hall
'Band on the Run' is a carefully composed, intricately designed personal statement that will make it impossible for anyone to classify Paul McCartney as a mere stylist again. -- Jon Landau
Band on the Run' is a carefully composed, intricately designed personal statement that will make it impossible for anyone to classify Paul McCartney as a mere stylist again. -- Jon Landau
I don't want to interview people. I want to have a conversation. I want to talk to Paul McCartney about the bass sound on 'The White Album.' -- Nikki Sixx
I only ever asked two people to work with me as a partner. One was Paul McCartney and the other Yoko Ono. Paul and me were the Beatles. -- John Lennon
Paul McCartney is a genius ... Paul married Rock & Roll to beauty, and forever raised the bar for composers, musicians, and fans ... an incredible solo performer ... the creator of our favorite songs ... -- Alec Baldwin
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
Paul McCartney and The Beatles in general are my idols. And I love Sting. I got to meet Sting. That was really cool. Dustin Hoffman is my favorite actor. Also, I think of Magic Johnson as an idol. -- Nat Wolff
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
The Stones suggested that if you dabble in decadence, you could turn into a devil-worshipping junkie. Paul McCartney suggested that if you mess around with girl worship, you could turn into a husband. So Paul was a lot scarier. -- Rob Sheffield
Paul McCartney had a baby when he was 61; Rod Stewart was 66; Rupert Murdoch was a stunning 72. Not only does that mean they'll have less stamina than the average dad, that means they'll, well, check out a lot sooner too. -- Jeffrey Kluger
There is a limited supply of excellent songs, but I am not the only one. Paul McCartney, one of the best songwriters of all time, has only produced manure for the past 25 years. Rock musicians over 30 only produce unimportant material. -- Noel Gallagher
I would like to work with Paul McCartney in the future. Or Brian Seltzer. But I guess like, like I said - I'm into The Strokes, like Ben Folds, Eliot Smith, the Beatles are my favorite, the Beach Boys, Queen. -- Drake Bell
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
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
Paul McCartney chit-chats with you, he makes eye contact with you, he seems really interested in what you're saying. He really puts everyone else at ease and makes them feel good so they're not nervous, which I think is really cool. -- Rob Huebel
I grew up in the '70s, and I hear in my own stuff a lot of what I grew up listening to, which is to say I hear a lot of Billy Joel, Paul McCartney, Carole King, Joni Mitchell and Stevie Wonder. -- Jason Robert Brown
'The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was instrumental in bringing in Indian music. Paul McCartney was a huge Little Richard fan. John Lennon was into minimalist aggressive rock. -- Chris Cornell
The Beatles' did whatever they wanted. They were a collection of influences adapted to songs they wanted to write. George Harrison was instrumental in bringing in Indian music. Paul McCartney was a huge Little Richard fan. John Lennon was into minimalist aggressive rock. -- Chris Cornell
Most of my ukulele heroes were traditional players from Hawaii, like Eddie Kamae and Ohta-san. There may not be uke stars in popular culture, but there are certainly pop stars that play uke - George Harrison, Eddie Vedder, Taylor Swift, Train, and Paul McCartney. -- Jake Shimabukuro
A pretty pivotal moment for me was having a songwriting class with Paul McCartney when I was at LIPA, and then being called in a few days later by the headmaster of the school to tell me that Paul McCartney likes what I'm doing. -- St. Lucia
[Paul McCartney] never, at the time, was going back to leaning back on the roots of his old band. He always built upon where he was, which was in London. And he didn't overuse synthesizers. He used them just enough. It's such a cool sound. -- Fred Armisen
There are many artists I would like to have the honour to cooperate with. To accompany Barbara Streisand or Paul McCartney or Elton John would be a dream for me as I have a lot of admiration for their voice, their talent and their charisma. -- Richard Clayderman
--
I would have loved to record with Paul McCartney on some of his early solo recordings, wonderful music. Playing some lovely organ, perhaps. I would have loved to record with John Lennon. He was a dear friend. I had lunch with him just two days before he died. -- Rick Wakeman
When you're dressed up as David Bowie, with your eyebrows completely bleached, and you're doing this kind of strange dance with Paul McCartney while singing "Rebel Rebel" in the middle of the Met ball, and Madonna's looking at you . . . I was just thinking, It's become a bit weird. -- Florence Welch
Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.' Paul McCartney I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming. -- Jimmy Carter
I'm not a fan of musicals at all, but I do think 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' is a very good. I always thought 'Walk the Line' was very good, too. I was in 'Nowhere Boy.' I played Paul McCartney. That was kind of musical - we did songs in that. -- Thomas Sangster
I got this Christmas gift with the entire Beatles catalog. I had fun trying to duplicate what I was hearing on these records, only using the instruments I had at hand - an acoustic guitar, and that's all. It was endlessly amusing to me to try to imitate John Lennon and Paul McCartney's harmonies using the guitar. -- M. Ward
I Want To Hold Your Hand' is a great classic by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, I sure love that song. I did like the classic version, a rock-oriented song, then someone heard me do it with the Grant Green approach - Grant Green and Larry Young did it, with a bossa nova beat on the funky side. -- George Benson
I think of talent as being God-given. I know that contradicts what a lot of people believe, but that's how I see it. I think the Beatles were meant to be, you know? So when I listen to Paul McCartney, I think, 'Here's the person that God gave the gift of allowing him to write 'Let It Be.' -- Brandon Flowers
Although I don't know Paul McCartney, a mutual friend told me that Paul was reading my book, This Is Your Brain on Music, and stopped after chapter two. McCartney said he was concerned that if he learned more about how he does what he does (as far as composing music), he may not be able to do it anymore! -- Daniel Levitin
I don't usually get star struck, but I met Sir Paul McCartney randomly on Sunset Boulevard a few years ago, and I lost it! I couldn't breathe, I couldn't think, and I didn't know how to speak. It was crazy. He was nice enough to talk to my family and me for 10 minutes, but I remember babbling away about nonsense. -- Sterling Knight
The world is split into two kinds of people, those who would go out for a drink with John Lennon, and those who`d choose Paul McCartney ... After the Beatles came back from India, Lennon wrote `Happiness Is a Warm Gun` and McCartney wrote `Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da`. End of argument. -- Paul Bettany
--
There was one moment where they were riding their little ponies in Scotland, and Stella said to me: 'Dad! You're Paul McCartney, aren't you?' 'Yes darling, but I'm Daddy really'. -- Paul McCartney

Send