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
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.
Drugs had shown me little bits here and there-they had rolled across the carpet once or twice, but I had been able to get them out of my mind.
The strange thing is, we never owned our own publishing; it was always getting bought and sold.
When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don't stop. There has to be something else. I think it's the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.
By the time we made "Abbey Road", John and I were openly critical of each other's music, and I felt John wasn't much interested in performing anything he hadn't written himself.
I guess the ultimate luxury professionally is to be able to change your direction, to work in another medium.
I think the idea of getting out of a traffic jam and getting out of work each week and going and doing all this stuff would be really exhausting.