Paul McCartney

I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.

My so-called career is a haphazard thing.

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.

When you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself!

Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.

None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.

We were a savage little lot, Liverpool kids, not pacifist or vegetarian or anything. But I feel I've gone beyond that, and that it was immature to be so prejudiced and believe in all the stereotypes.

But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.

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

I like the idea that people hear my stuff, and if it's commercially successful, that's a good sign that it's being heard.

My dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.

I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.