Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Sir James Paul McCartney, MBEis an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. With John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr, he gained worldwide fame with the rock band the Beatles, one of the most popular and influential groups in the history of pop music. His songwriting partnership with Lennon is one of the most celebrated of the 20th century. After the band's break-up, he pursued a solo career and formed Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth18 June 1942
CityLiverpool, England
What's wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
I still believe that love is all you need. I don't know a better message than that.
My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. So when we got on a bus, he would always encourage me and my younger brother to get up and offer our seat to an old lady. I grew up kind of liking that, thinking, y'know, that's a nice thing, that's a courtesy.
The last time I twerked I was with @katyperry. She was rather good at it!
I'm actually doing what I want with my life. I do sometime think I could just shut up and rest on my laurels and say: you know what guys, I'll operate out of the pocket you put me in.... but no way! No way I'm gonna do that! I'd just get bored stiff the first minute.
My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
It's like if you're an astronaut and you've been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?
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.
You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.
So, if I'm cooking, I'll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
It's also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources.
If children are studying the 20th century, I'm in their text books.
I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.
If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat.