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
I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it.
I'm trying to do it honestly and genuinely; if some of it's not working to your taste, what can I say?
If anyone had told me in the '60s that 20 years later we'd still be talking about whether pot was worse than this or that, I'd have said, Oh, come off it, boys.
It's as serious as anyone ever gets, you know. It's just words. It's just good poetry.
Linda's at her best when she's doing you a meal at home. That's when you see Linda. She cooks, she looks after the kids.
Love Me Do, the first song we recorded, John was supposed to sing the lead, but they changed their minds and asked me to sing lead because they wanted John to play harmonica.
Lyricists play with words.
My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
My brother's researched our early family history. He found a letter from a fella who said he used to be in love with my mum.
My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.
My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know it's going to hit. They don't know when, they don't know where it's coming from. But it's sort of hit already. With iTunes, and all of that.
I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .
I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don't want to stop.
I don't know anything about the Appalachian mountains or cowboys and Indians or anything. I just made it up.