Quotes from Paul McCartney

I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death.

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 to do.

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.

You were only waiting for this moment to be free.

I can't deal with the press; I hate all those Beatles questions.

There are seven levels!

All the lonely people. Where do they all belong

I feel like I'm running in a figure of eight, don't know if I'm coming or going, early or late.

I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love.

Rock it man. I know you will

And in the end

And when the night is cloudy, there is still a light that shines on me. Shine until tomorrow, let it be

will you still need me, will you still feed me when I'm sixty-four

And when the night is cloudy There is still a light That shines on me Shine on till tomorrow, Let It Be...

It's a fool who plays it cool by making his world a little colder.

If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian.

This is the trouble with history, though. Even if you were there, which I obviously was, it's sometimes very difficult to pin down.

As a boy, I thought everyone's family was like that, until I met people like John and realised that wasn't true, and perhaps it was the contrast of our different outlooks that produced a kind of magic. But I was born into that way of thinking, that it'll be okay in the end. Tragedy can happen but the page will turn, and I love that.

It's nice to have a little bit of art to fall back on.

As far as art's concerned, I probably like modern art more than traditional art.

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.

The ring at the end of my nose makes me look rather pretty.

I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not write savage lyrics.

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.