Paul McCartney quote: "I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that."

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn&...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I look a lot busier than I am, as I'm actually a rather sporadic, random person and I'll pla...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

The issues are the same. We wanted peace on earth, love, and understanding between everyone around t...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I liter...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

And, in the end
The love you take
is equal to the love you make.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

When I find myself in times of trouble, mother Mary comes to me,
speaking words of wisdom, let ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Close your eyes and I'll kiss you, Tomorrow I'll miss you.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call ot...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a lit...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Somebody said to me, But the Beatles were anti-materialistic. That's a huge myth. John and I literal...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Imagine the thrill for us going on the Ed Sullivan Show, especially when they told us it was the big...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Will you still need me,will you still feed me..When I'm sixty-four?
PAUL MCCARTNEY

We were a savage little lot, Liverpool kids, not pacifist or vegetarian or anything. But I feel I...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

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

I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing an...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

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

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the ba...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more l...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I used to think that all my Wings stuff was second-rate stuff, but I began to meet younger kids, not...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Someone like John would want to end the Beatle period and start the Yoko period. He wouldn't lik...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, '...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Love is all you need.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of hum...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I'm mad, you know? I don't think of retiring at all.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Think globally, act locally.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I would...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I like the idea that people hear my stuff, and if it's commercially successful, that's a goo...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Somebody said to me, ''But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.'' That's a huge myth. John and I lit...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

The Stones also still have a huge following. Mick Jagger leaps around like a crazy dude. And Keith R...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

There's a big hole in the stage, and I just fell into it,
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Canada is known as a great nation. But this is something that leaves a stain on the character of the...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I'm singing 'English Tea' from my new album 'Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.' I have a cup of te...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I will continue to work with Heather Mills on the recording project, and even though this story (of ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I met with him and said I'd do it,
PAUL MCCARTNEY

top-10 hit written all over them.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

My so-called career is a haphazard thing.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I'm really pleased to be working with Fidelity Investments. We have a lot in common--a commitment to...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

So we used to do this thing by Bach that was our own little version of it, and we got it wrong,
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing a...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

You know, I'm not one of these people that just because I've done all that I now become Superman. Yo...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Before the Beatles ever got big, we started out playing rock 'n' roll at The Cavern. I'm going back ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Since the Beatles, I've approached making records every which way. A lot of times it's a really casu...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

The touring part of this, what's that given you? I mean, I, to be honest, I'm wondering, 'Wait a min...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

my dream come true. I heard many stories of Russia and imagined Russian people being mysterious and ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thoug...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard "Heartbreak Hotel" I thought, this...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I remember 'Happy Together.' That was a good record. It knocked 'Penny Lane' off the top of the char...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

It was really just pushing frontiers, that's all we were doing.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard
PAUL MCCARTNEY

It hurts me to see her wounded by these scurrilous reports, and not have anyone to put the record st...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Think globally, act locally
PAUL MCCARTNEY

In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

You know because I mean, I remember just in Europe -- in Finland -- I saw this very stately, older m...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Friends to Go ... You never need to worry about me / I'll be fine on my own ... I've spent a lot of ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Promise to You Girl.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

There's this other guy who's amazingly famous and who's written all these songs and has got all this...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I said to myself, 'I'm gonna make a good album.' I gave myself a task,
PAUL MCCARTNEY

We did it (the side two medley-"Abbey Road") this way because both John and I had a number of songs ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

We knew it was coming, but we tried to pretend we didn't know it was coming,
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I love him. We always hoped that there would be some miracle to happen, but he's such a brave guy an...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

We're going to play NAKED!
PAUL MCCARTNEY

There will be no wardrobe malfunction with me. I can promise you that, ... I have nothing I will be ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I always remember the old song, 'Wedding bells are breaking up that old gang of mine,' ... You're go...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

This is not Smack My Bitch Up — let's get that straight,
PAUL MCCARTNEY

PETA has tried for years to educate her about fur -- at first gently and quietly, and now like this,...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I care. I care, yeah, I just don't dare read 'em in case there's some terrible little line in them.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

PETA has tried for years to educate her about fur - at first gently and quietly, and now like this,
PAUL MCCARTNEY

This is barbaric. Horrific. It's like something out of the dark ages. And they seem to get a kick ou...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. I suddenly realized that anyone doing an...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

To get a big hit single you've got to go a bit dance. You've got to go a bit Britney. I don't think ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, we would all be vegetarian.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I don't work at being ordinary.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

The two of us were on fire every time we sat down to write.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Lady Madonna lying on the bed
Listen to the music playing in your head.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

[Asked about a rude joke that Rod Stewart's daughter Kimberly told in the latest issue of Stuff maga...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

As for Lexus, he says, ''I'm getting involved with their new hybrid [car] . . . and I was told that ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I hate the idea of success robbing you of your private life.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don't always coincide with yours. As an art...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowh...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get i...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

With the Beatles, we'd been very spoiled because we had George Martin who worked for the record ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

For you know that it's a fool who plays it cool, by making his world a little colder.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

If slaughter houses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Let it be
PAUL MCCARTNEY

At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really ...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

When your parents do so much to help get you through college, it's a nice bonus.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

So, if I'm cooking, I'll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I'm not religious, but I'm very spiritual.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I don't work at being ordinary.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Music is like a psychiatrist. You can tell your guitar things that you can't tell people. And it wil...
PAUL MCCARTNEY

I love a pocket. I'm about helping women look as good as possible on the least amount of effort....
STELLA MCCARTNEY

I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the f...
LINDA MCCARTNEY

Everyone can do simple things to make a difference, and every little bit really does count.
STELLA MCCARTNEY

I have a hard time waking up. No alarm clock works! It sounds childish, but I seriously have my mana...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

I had a born-again experience at the age of 33. As a result of that I found a church where I felt I ...
BILL MCCARTNEY

Some days, I get overwhelmed and a bit breathless... I've probably cried at work, but I'm li...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, the whole world would be vegetarian.
LINDA MCCARTNEY

I didn't want to be thirtysomething and not know what I was going to do. I was quite afraid of t...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

My fragrance is rose and amber, and I was just very specific. A lot of what I've done, at the st...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

My job is to make desirable, luxurious, beautiful clothing and accessories women want to buy. My fir...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

I would travel only by horse, if I had the choice.
LINDA MCCARTNEY

I like to smile when its natural. I'm not mad or anything. That's my style.
JESSE MCCARTNEY

Obviously, we live in a society where ageing is feared. But, to me, the alternative to getting old i...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

When I first started designing sportswear, I felt that women weren't represented in sports perfo...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

For many years, our Messianic Jewish brothers and sisters have paid a great price. Other Jews have r...
BILL MCCARTNEY

I think I always dreamt of having a brand that really was represented globally, that had a voice - t...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

We moved there a year ago, just as a weekend place. Then we decided to move out of London completely...
LINDA MCCARTNEY

When I was a kid, I wanted to emulate Mel Blanc, who is arguably one of the most legendary voiceover...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

Absolutely, I grew up listening to soul music. People like Stevie, Aretha, Ray Charles, Michael and ...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

When I say I don't do fur or leather, in my world it's a massive shock, but when it comes in...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

What I really want, what I always really want, is baked potato and grilled cheese. But then I'd ...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

I'm not a phony-friendly guy and I'm usually very quiet and not a big laugher, so some peopl...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

Big dreams create the magic that stir men's souls to greatness.
BILL MCCARTNEY

All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself.
BILL MCCARTNEY

I've never wanted just part of the package, part of the prize. I want it all!
BILL MCCARTNEY

God's calling for a whole heart. Those are his terms. There's no compromise. Go after him. It's wort...
BILL MCCARTNEY

I think that in a good relationship, we got two partners. One, the male, is called to lay down his l...
BILL MCCARTNEY

I've found the smartest thing I could do was stay off the radar. I know just enough to be dangerous,...
BILL MCCARTNEY

They're in bad shape. It makes you feel good doing a little bit to give back,
BILL MCCARTNEY

All coaching is, is taking a player where he can't take himself
BILL MCCARTNEY

Offensive linemen are the guys on the team who are the most selfless, ... Those are the types of guy...
BILL MCCARTNEY

I guess my favourite Disney film was 'Snow White,' which has a really dark moment when the e...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

My mother was not the cook in the family. My dad was. I'd watch him behind the grill, and I said...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

I think hard drugs are disgusting. But I must say, I think marijuana is pretty lightweight.
LINDA MCCARTNEY

I am a fashion designer. I'm not an environmentalist. When I get up in the morning, number one I...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

Depending on the season, between 20 and 30 percent of my collections contain some sort of eco or sus...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

I wasn't looking for another marriage. I had been married before. He is a nice man - a geologist...
LINDA MCCARTNEY

All I watch is the Food Network. I took a cheesemaking class a few weeks ago, and I told my family a...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

We thought this case was pure intimidation; the only thing stopping us from getting the murderer bro...
CATHERINE MCCARTNEY

I'm obsessed with not chucking away food. I'm lucky enough to have a gardener, so we grow sw...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

There's no excuse for fur in this day and age.
STELLA MCCARTNEY

I used to watch every episode of 'Justice League,' I went to all the movies, I had the Super...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

I did always say I wanted to infiltrate from within. That was always my reasoning behind going into ...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

Bono is my inspiration - not only as a rock star but as a humanitarian. We aren't just put on th...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

We went to church every Sunday. I do think it's my duty to give back. That's why I'm inv...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

We have lasted this long close together, so we must have something going for each other.
LINDA MCCARTNEY

The way my parents brought me up to see the world is still absolutely key to what I am about. The be...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

The beliefs I was raised with - to respect animals and to be aware of nature, to understand that we ...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

When you're a 'product' for a lot of people, they're only really after one thing, an...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

I don't plan massively in advance.
STELLA MCCARTNEY

I love a girl that can make me laugh. I am not really a laugh-at-things type of guy and I don't ...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

Now everything in Villa Nation is good.
KATHY MCCARTNEY

I remember being, like, 5 years old, and my dad took me to a Yankees-Mets game. My dad had me on his...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

I was at the point Thursday, I could hardly talk I was so frustrated. It makes you wonder why they w...
BETH MCCARTNEY

How they got there, I don't know.
BETH MCCARTNEY

If justice is delivered in our case, then the people of Ireland are going to feel that the peace is ...
CATHERINE MCCARTNEY

We'd like to build a highway for healing and unity.
BILL MCCARTNEY

I just want to keep saturating the market and radio with as many hit records as I can.
JESSE MCCARTNEY

I've had people say to me, 'You'll never sell handbags. You don't work with leather,...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

Josh is ecstatic. We were looking for a spot where he could compete for a job. The word is that the ...
MIKE MCCARTNEY

I was with Brad Childress in Philadelphia, and I know first-hand what a great communicator and a coa...
MIKE MCCARTNEY

It doesn't take much to the canals to look blighted.
MIKE MCCARTNEY

For a guy like A.J., there are no red flags there. What more can they learn about him?
MIKE MCCARTNEY

They're in a great spot because they can get a great player who will help their football team regard...
MIKE MCCARTNEY

The reason was, if we're going beat them, we're going to have to recruit like they do, practice like...
BILL MCCARTNEY

When you're born again, your DNA changes. You have the ability to understand God's terms.
BILL MCCARTNEY

But someone once described the contrast between a good life and a godly life as the difference betwe...
BILL MCCARTNEY

It boggles my mind that someone can see life breathed into a baby, watch the grass die and then come...
BILL MCCARTNEY

The judge is supposed to be impartial and rule on each case individually.
FRANK MCCARTNEY

The first record I ever listened to was Elvis Presley, and I remember thinking, 'Man this guy is...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

They don't have a boat or any other way to escape.
BETH MCCARTNEY

I used to have six left feet. Now I only have one and a half left feet.
JESSE MCCARTNEY

I try to keep that quiet unless it is asked but yeah, I have a girlfriend and she is a great girl,
JESSE MCCARTNEY

For me, singing is the most natural thing in the world. I've grown up with it and I know I'v...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

I know many Catholics love God with all their heart. I have genuine respect for anyone who truly has...
BILL MCCARTNEY

Personally, I don't put a ton of stock in seedlings. My feeling is that Saint Basil is the best team...
KATHY MCCARTNEY

Sometimes I come up with an idea and then we hash it out together. Sometimes someone else does it,
JESSE MCCARTNEY

When I married Paul, we lived in St John's Wood in London. We had nice next-door neighbours, but...
LINDA MCCARTNEY

I don't want another pretty face
I don't want just anyone to hold
I don't want my love to ...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

I love a girl that can make me laugh. I am not really a laugh-at-things type of guy and I don't smil...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

Music is my way of getting away from everything. It means a lot to me.
JESSE MCCARTNEY

I've been writing some new stuff, and I can't wait to start the next record, ... I'm probably going ...
JESSE MCCARTNEY

Hey Hidalgo ... How you guys doing tonight?
JESSE MCCARTNEY

It is not funny or humorous or like a Disney film. It is not a Herbie or a Cinderella Story.
JESSE MCCARTNEY

We've met all the criteria. The Save the Manatee Club is antagonistic toward Cape Coral.
MICHAEL MCCARTNEY

It kind of makes you wonder who is in charge at the Army Corps of Engineers.
MICHAEL MCCARTNEY

They've got bigger issues to deal with. We're in a tough situation because we don't want to pressure...
MICHAEL MCCARTNEY

My job at the end of the day is to design timeless, desirable, beautiful products. It's not abou...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

If you try to create something people enjoy, and it happens to be made in a responsible way, then th...
STELLA MCCARTNEY

I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.

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I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.

Paul McCartney

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