#eat

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

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

— Paul McCartney

#creatures #cruel #end #leave #magnificent

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

— Paul McCartney

#deal #hate #i #press #questions

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

— Paul McCartney

#anyway #death #enough #get #got

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

The Stones also still have a huge following. Mick Jagger leaps around like a crazy dude. And Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood and Charlie Watts are playing great too. ↗

— Paul McCartney

#around #charlie #crazy #dude #following

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