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Paul McCartney Biography

Sir James Paul McCartney CH MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and composer. He gained worldwide fame as the bass guitarist and singer for the rock band the Beatles, widely considered the most popular and influential group in the history of pop music. His songwriting partnership with John Lennon was the most successful of the post-war era. After the group disbanded in 1970, he pursued a solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda, and Denny Laine.

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I'm only 49 years old. I'm still in the middle of this whole thing. I don't feel like it's finished at all. I'm still planning to write better songs.

Song, Writing, Years, Finished, Planning, Songs

Pete Ham in the group was a very good writer. Â He wrote the Nilsson song "Without You", which is a seriously good song. Â But the poor fellow topped himself. Â He was a lovely bloke, I can still see him now. Â It was a terrible loss.

Fellow, Loss, Lovely, Nilsson, Pete, Song

One of my great memories of John is from when we were having some argument. I was disagreeing and we were calling each other names. We let it settle for a second and then he lowered his glasses and he said: "It's only me. " And then he put his glasses back on again. To me, that was John. Those were the moments when I actually saw him without the facade, the armor, which I loved as well, like anyone else. It was a beautiful suit of armor. But it was wonderful when he let the visor down and you'd just see the John Lennon that he was frightened to reveal to the world.

Back, Beautiful, Memories, Moments, Suit, Suits Of Armor

Late at night when the wind is still I'll come flying through your door, And you'll know what love is for. I am a bluebird, I'm a bluebird. . .

Night, Love Is, Doors, Door, Wind, Love

I've got a few guitars that I like. The trouble with fame and riches is that you have more than one guitar.

Guitar, Riches, Trouble, Like, Guitars

You're always looking at last year, or 10 years ago, or your school days, or your teenage years, your formative years. Because that's exactly what they are, they're your formative years.

School, Teenage, Year, Years

Lyricists play with words.

Play, Lyricists, Words

When you got a job to do, you got to do it well. You gotta give the other fellow hell.

Fellow, Giving, Gotta, Job, Jobs, Work

The Pound is sinking, the Peso's failing, the Lira's reeling, and feeling quite appalling.

Feeling, Feelings, Politics, Pound, Pounds, Reeling

It's time to end the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone.

Alone, Ends, Magnificent, Slaughter, Whales

I like most kinds of music. So I haven't got a bag, as they say. . . except the big black one in the hall outside.

Bag, Bags, Big, Black, Kind, Like

I did cocaine for about a year around the time of Sgt Pepper. Coke and maybe some grass to balance it out. I was never completely crazy with cocaine. I'd been introduced to it and at first it seemed OK, like anything that's new and stimulating. When you start working your way through it, you start thinking: 'Mmm, this is not so cool an idea,' especially when you start getting those terrible comedowns.

Coke, Crazy, Maybe, Sgt Pepper, Stimulating, Thinking

Sadness isn't sadness. It's happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They're balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It's life that's jumped off a tall cliff.

Black, Happiness, Jumped, Laughter, Sadness, Tears

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. I'm doing well.

Dad, Earning, Talk, Tell, Told, World

Animation is not just for children - it's also for adults who take drugs.

Adults, Children, Drug, Drugs, Take

I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about. . . .

Song, Thinking, Tune, Writing

Going to do it to you sweet banana, like it's never been done, and we'll get high, high, high, in the mid-day sun.

Alcohol, Banana, Done, Drug, Like, Sweet

The long and winding road that leads to your door
Will never disappear,
I've seen that road before it always leads me here,
Leads me to your door.

Disappear, Doors, Long, Road, Winding

All we ever got in those [early] days was "Where are you from? Liverpool? You'll have to be in London before you can do it. Nobody's ever done it from Liverpool.

Can Do, Days, Done, Liverpool, London

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

Ability, Fats, Instrumental, Love, Sense Of Humor, Waller

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