This is the first time I've ever played the Grammys. I finally passed the audition. Paul McCartney More Quotes by Paul McCartney More Quotes From Paul McCartney To keep the record straight, it wasn't always John and Yoko. We've all accused one another of various business things; we tend to be pretty paranoid by now, as you can imagine. There's a lot of money involved. Paul McCartney recordsimaginemoney The Stones also still have a huge following. Mick Jagger leaps around like a crazy dude. And Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts are playing great too. Paul McCartney keithcrazystones I look a lot busier than I am, as I'm actually a rather sporadic, random person and I'll play a few gigs and then disappear for a while. Paul McCartney gigsplaylooks I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything. Paul McCartney say-anythingwantsaid I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing. Paul McCartney withdrawalmarijuanajapan My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish. Paul McCartney rubbishmusiciandad I never look forward, because I have no idea about how any of it happened to getting here. I've no idea how the next five years are going to be. Paul McCartney looksyearsideas I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do. Paul McCartney wanttryingjobs I got my first guitar when I was 15, and I just used to fool about with it, more or less, as time went by, though, I got more interested. Paul McCartney foolguitarfirsts But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing. Paul McCartney colorimportantwriting Microphones are just like people, if you shout at them, they get scared. Paul McCartney microphonesscaredpeople My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students. Paul McCartney useartschool She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it's gonna be the Beatles. Paul McCartney reignrocksqueens We were a savage little lot, Liverpool kids, not pacifist or vegetarian or anything. But I feel I've gone beyond that, and that it was immature to be so prejudiced and believe in all the stereotypes. Paul McCartney immaturebelievekids Someone like John would want to end the Beatle period and start the Yoko period. He wouldn't like either to interfere with the other. Paul McCartney periodsendswant My so-called career is a haphazard thing. Paul McCartney haphazardcareers My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. Paul McCartney dadguykind Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical. Paul McCartney dadmomthinking I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool. Paul McCartney lennonmetsvillage I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I would appreciate hearing something that was new to me. Paul McCartney appreciatesongthinking
