Paul McCartney Quotes

My band can tell you, I'd rather do anything than rehearse.

We played all of the songs on the first Johnny Winter AND every day before we recorded them, so that when we got in the studio, it was totally easy, as we knew exactly what we wanted to do.

I got the whole band set up in the basement and we are jamming.

I'm not a huge practicer, which is probably not a good thing because my band definitely needs to practice.

I just like to play and I'm always ready to be back onstage.

The band is tight enough. Quit practicing!

If it takes 30 days of rehearsal, you better ace all 30 of those days. When it's game time, you're ready to play ball.

Forget acting. It's all about rock 'n' roll.

I practice every day, I warm up before I play.

When you go to meetings or auditions and you fail to prepare, prepare to fail. It is simple but true.

Live shows are fun - sometimes. But you have to practice for months on end.

The Australian tour was good for us; it was ideal preparation for us.

Whenever you go into an audition, you have to be as prepared as possible.

We're a rock group. we're noisy, rowdy, sensational and weird.

I love to perform live.

We didn't have a garage to rehearse in. We had to aggravate the folks in the house. But I got a chance to play in a beer joint, and that's how it started.

I do a long sound check. I get there at noon on the day of a show and sit behind the piano and then walk around with the microphone. Then I feel like I have done my homework.

I just love playing live.

I think we've always been better live.

When we first started playing we did a lot of rehearsing. We used to write out everything. In fact, that's the way everybody rehearses: we play the tunes and improvise.

I'm not going to say no to playing a show in Missoula.

It's like a prize fighter. He knows he has a fight coming up, so he gets in the gym and trains. So when I have a show coming up, I practice yodeling.

It's important that I'm always playing fresh and that I'm ready to go rather than just playing because I feel like I have to.

My thing has always been preparation. When I was a performer on the roster as one of the guys on a weekly, full-time schedule, I was always prepared.

I was performing in front of mirrors forever. Just jumping around my room at, like, three in the morning when everybody else was sleeping. So when it came time, I was so ready.