#beat

At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#cocky #done #end #first #first time

There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#anyway #beatles #four #knew #only

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

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

— Paul McCartney

#deal #hate #i #press #questions

I used to think that all my Wings stuff was second-rate stuff, but I began to meet younger kids, not kids from my Beatle generation, who would say, We really love this song. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#began #generation #i #kids #love

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

— Paul McCartney

#elvis #got #heard #heartbreak #hooked

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 Beatles. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#elizabeth #elizabeth i #enough #gonna #her

Someone like John would want to end the Beatle period and start the Yoko period. He wouldn't like either to interfere with the other. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#either #end #interfere #john #like

We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more like old army buddies splitting up on account of wedding bells. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#army #beatles #bells #buddies #came

It's not realistic to live in the country at this stage. I've got a business in London. I beat myself up about it all the time. ↗

— Stella McCartney

#beat #business #country #got #i