Paul McCartney

“My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous.”

“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 had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise.”

“You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.”

“Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world....”

“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 Beatl...”

“It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard 'Heartbreak Hotel' I thought, this is it.”

“The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”

“And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.”

“I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.”

“I've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time.”

“I don't take me seriously. If we get some giggles, I don't mind.”

“Think globally, act locally.”

“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.”

“My so-called career is a haphazard thing.”

“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 ste...”

“When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about t...”

“I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.”

“Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.”

“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.”