There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn't spoil the sky, or the rain or the land Paul McCartney More Quotes by Paul McCartney More Quotes From Paul McCartney I am not religious, but I am spiritual. Paul McCartney religious spiritual I think globally and act locally. Paul McCartney thinking I do have a spongelike ear or mentality or whatever you call it, but it's probably a bit subconscious. Paul McCartney subconscious bits ears That's not really important what religion people are attached to, because by the same argument I have a lot of Christian friends and Moslem friends. It's just happened that I do have a lot of relatives and friends who are Jewish. Paul McCartney relatives-and-friends christian people The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the more successful songs, there's a sort of magic glow that just happens and you can feel it happening. It just makes the songs sort of roll out. Paul McCartney magic successful song As far as art's concerned, I probably like modern art more than traditional art. Paul McCartney concerned modern art You're always looking at last year, or 10 years ago, or your school days, or your teenage years, your formative years. Because that's exactly what they are, they're your formative years. Paul McCartney teenage years school I've got a few guitars that I like. The trouble with fame and riches is that you have more than one guitar. Paul McCartney riches guitar trouble Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it's got a certain kind of significance. Paul McCartney eras writing song In some ways we live in a world where things appear to be very logical, very rational, and mechanical aspects of our world are rather scientific and rather straightforward. Paul McCartney logical our-world way It's nice to have a little bit of art to fall back on. Paul McCartney nice art fall My stepmother sold my birth certificate and someone asked why I didn't buy it back. I don't know, really. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. It was mine. It cost me nothing and suddenly I had to buy it back. Paul McCartney certificates birth cost I think that selling rights is a bad move commercially, not just morally. It cheapens the songs. When people come to my concerts, they often hold up candles when we do "Let It Be." I don't think they'd do that anymore if the song suddenly became part of an Oldsmobile ad. Paul McCartney song moving thinking I should be able to look at my accolades and go, "Come on, Paul. That's enough." But there's still this little voice in the back of my brain that goes, "No, no, no. You could do better. This person over here is excelling. Try harder!" It still can be a little bit intimidating. Paul McCartney voice brain trying I am quite happy that the Beatles came and went. There is even a sort of glory in not having it go on forever. There is a complete body of work that went from A to Z and it is all pretty damn good stuff. The one thing I am particularly proud of is that nearly every single bit of it has some good message. I feel fortunate when I look back. Life is not easy, but I've been very lucky - and I'm touching wood as I say that. Paul McCartney touching goes-on forever I'm not a great practiser at all. We were never great practisers. The Beatles would come together for about a day before we had a tour, to make sure the amp worked. Paul McCartney together A lot of the Beatles albums were very various, and we did it on purpose: We didn't want the next track to sound like the last one. Paul McCartney albums track sound So many times, I will have people tell me what I did when I was younger. There's so much being written [about] the early Beatles period, and even pre-Beatles period. And people will say, "Oh, he did that because that, and that happened because of that." And I'll be reading and think, "Well, that didn't happen" and, "That's not why I did that." Like anyone's history, you remember what went down better than people who weren't there. Paul McCartney reading people thinking Domesticity is the enemy of art. I don't know if that's true. You can write good happy songs. So, I don't think it's necessarily happiness. But I think self-satisfaction is maybe the enemy. It's kind of better to think, "Tomorrow night I'm gonna sing it better." There is this forward effort. It feels to me right, it feels human. Paul McCartney writing song art If you're using your imagination, you tend to look into the past for ideas. Paul McCartney imagination past ideas
