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
John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood.
I go back so far I'm in front of me.
I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
Alas, it looks like those unsubstantiated rumours about me are about to come true after all this time...
When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
Every love song I write is for Linda.
Most people don't know that I invented the selfie.
The music publishing I own is fabulous recording.
I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.
I lost my voice. I'd never had to cancel a show before and I had to walk around with a pad and a pen, writing things down.
I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not write savage lyrics.
I would have liked the Beatles never to have broken up. I wanted to get us back on the road doing small places, then move up to our previous form and then go and play. Just make music, and whatever else there was would be secondary.
I would quite like to have been a 1920s writer.
I'm not into, Hey, what's your sign? or any of that. But I don't know how I got here, and I don't know how I write songs. I don't know why I breathe.