Paul McCartney

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. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#bit #down #get #i #idea

Somebody said to me, 'But the Beatles were anti-materialistic.' That's a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, 'Now, let's write a swimming pool.' ↗

— Paul McCartney

#down #huge #i #john #literally

Think globally, act locally. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#globally #locally #think

Being in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#audience #being #fun #like #looks

I saw that Meryl Streep said, I just want to do my job well. And really, that's all I'm ever trying to do. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#i #job #just #meryl #meryl streep

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. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#create #does #down #flows #hand

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#glass #had #slaughterhouses #vegetarian #walls

I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#did #i #john #leader #look

I never look forward, because I have no idea about how any of it happened to getting here. I've no idea how the next five years are going to be. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#any #because #five #forward #getting

I don't work at being ordinary. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#i #ordinary #work