Quotes by Paul McCartney

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian.

When I was a boy, I had always dreamed of being a musician. Now, I am living that dream.

Love is all you need.

The Beatles saved rock and roll from becoming stagnant.

Music has the power to heal and bring people together.

I believe in the power of positive thinking.

Life is what happens when you’re busy making other plans.

It’s a beautiful day, don’t let it get away.

Believe in yourself and your dreams will come true.

Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results.

I used to think that anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.

I’m not religious, but I’m spiritual.

If you can’t annoy somebody, there is not much point in writing.

I used to think that all my writing had to be autobiographical, but that was hurting my creativity.

The best thing we can do is go with our passions and do the best we can.

You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.

If you’re not busy being born, you’re busy dying.

I’m very positive about the way things are going, and I think we are moving in the right direction.

You know, everyone is a Beatles fan deep down.

We can work it out, we can work it out.

Sometimes the people around you won’t understand your journey. They don’t need to, it’s not for them.

The more I learn, the more I realize how much I don’t know.

It’s better to be a has-been than a never-was.

I used to write things down on a pad until they became a song.

The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.

I believe in karma. What you give, you get returned.

You can’t please everyone, but you can please yourself.

Music is a language that doesn’t speak in particular words. It speaks in emotions, and if it’s in the bones, it’s in the bones.

I’m really quite normal. It’s the abnormal that I don’t understand.

Happiness is a warm gun.

You can’t be a Beatle forever, but you can be a musician for as long as you live.

Everything I do, I do from the heart.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life, to be happy, it’s all that matters.

In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.

I’m still competitive, and I still enjoy making music.

People want peace, and not just politicians giving lip service to it.

If you have a dream, don’t let anyone take it away from you.

The dreams we have as children are the ones that last the longest.

When you’ve seen beyond yourself, then you may find, peace of mind is waiting there.

It’s been a real privilege to be able to do what I’ve done, and I’m very grateful for it.

You can get over a broken heart, but you can never get over a broken dream.

I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music.

Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced.

I love performing, and I love making people happy through my music.

I’ve never really stopped caring about making records and writing songs.

You can’t do everything, but you can do something.

If you want the world to be a better place, take a look at yourself and make that change.

I love people and I want to be able to interact with them and have a good time.

I don’t want to be a bore, but I really care about trees, and when I’m gone I want to leave behind a forest.

I’m a romantic and love writing and singing about love. It’s such a beautiful thing.