20 Notable Quotes From Paul McCartney

These quotes showcase McCartney’s perspectives on music, creativity, love, peace, spirituality, and his personal philosophy.

1. “And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.” -Paul McCartney
2. “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
3. “You know, if you want something done, give it to a busy person.” -Paul McCartney
4. “I think people who create and write, it actually does flow — just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It’s simple.” -Paul McCartney
5. “I love performing, and I enjoy writing, but recording is really my favorite.” -Paul McCartney
6. “If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.” -Paul McCartney
7. “You’ve got to have a sense of humor, haven’t you? You’ve got to smile. Things are funny when they’re true, and they’re funny when they’re not true.” -Paul McCartney
8. “We were a great band. People would think, ‘Oh, they’re lucky,’ but we worked so hard at it.” -Paul McCartney
9. “To keep doing the same thing over and over again is, for me, just the worst thing you could do.” -Paul McCartney
10. “The thing is, I like mixing with people. I’ve always enjoyed it, and I’ve always enjoyed doing what I do.” -Paul McCartney
11. “You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.” -Paul McCartney
12. “If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliché that must have been left behind in the 60s, that’s his problem. Love and peace are eternal.” -Paul McCartney
13. “In the end, the most important thing is to be true to yourself and those you love and work hard. Work like there’s no tomorrow. Train. Strive. Really train and cultivate your talent to the highest degree.” -Paul McCartney
14. “The love you take is equal to the love you make.” -Paul McCartney
15. “I don’t work at being ordinary.” -Paul McCartney
16. “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!” -Paul McCartney
17. “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
18. “I’m often asked what I think about the way you’re supposed to live your life, the rules of society. I can’t stand the rules.” -Paul McCartney
19. “I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.” -Paul McCartney
20. “I’ve always said that the Beatles were mainly about the songs. And I think if you look at the body of work, that’s where the strength of the Beatles is. And we never really sat down and we said, ‘Okay, this is our image, this is what we want to project.’ It was just, we were a band, and we were writing songs.” -Paul McCartney

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