On songwriting: There's a lot of random in our songs..writing, thinking, letting others think of bits-then bam, you've the jigsaw puzzle.
Concerning the chemistry of the Beatles: The thing is, we're all really the same person. We're just four parts of the one.
Regarding Wings: I've been told that I was so overbearing. If the guitarists in Wings wanted to play a solo a certain way, I wouldn't dare tell them it wasn't good.
His Philosophy: My philosophy is, if you can play your stuff in a pub, then you're a good band.
On his drug use:I was the first one on coke in (the Beatles),which horrified the whole group, and I just thought, no sweat. The minute I stopped the whole record industry has got into it and has never stopped since.
Regarding religion:I don't like religion as such because there's always wars with every bloody religion.
Talking about Heather: Heather, my eldest daughter, was well into punk. She knew too many of them for my liking. She went out with Billy Idol. Just what a father needs, his daughter going out with Billy Idol. Dear me.
Discussing his children's feelings toward his fame: I don't think they're going to be crazed out kids. But it is funny sometimes. I remember I was sitting in a field and Heather was leading Mary and a little baby and Mary just said to me, "You're Paul McCartney, aren't you?" When she's talking to me normally, she'll just call me Daddy. When there's company around, she knows, I'm Paul McCartney, in inverted commas.