Paul McCartney Quotes

Collaboration has become really integral to my process. I play music so that I can spend time with my friends and communicate in that way. I experience so much joy in that process, because, you know, it's those times of getting together and playing music and all that comes with it that are the best for me.

I don't think there is anyone who cannot relate to music.

That's one of the good things about music. You get to do it live, where you can touch the people and interact with them.

I bring a record home, and it connects with me like nothing else. In my ideal situation, somebody will do that with my record.

Shared joys make a friend, not shared sufferings.

Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is.

It's wonderful when music is intellectually stimulating. But ultimately it has to be a visceral experience.

Music is shared. It's a shared feeling; that's what music is all about. When you listen to a song with someone else, it becomes more than just a song. It defines relationships.

Dixie Chicks surprised me with a beautiful three-part harmony version of 'I'll Take Care of You.' And Don Henley's performance of 'The Heart of the Matter' still just slays me every time I hear it.

Music is for every single person that walks the planet.

Some of us get a feeling when we hear music and we feel music, and you want to figure out how to continue to feel that.

I feel like a lot of people can relate to my music.

I like the music that I sing, cos I, like, feel it more.

Live music is incredible because you get to be with people, and you get to have this tactile, real-world experience, but at the end of the day, if your eyes are closed and you're getting swept away, it's like... I don't know.

I listen to a lot of songs, and they aren't talking about anything. I don't connect with them. I'll listen to something like Musiq Soulchild's 'Just Friends,' and I'm like, 'Wow, I really feel what he's talking about.' That's how I want people to feel about my music.

When I was younger, I'd go to the Museum of Television and Radio in New York and watch this beautiful clip of Billie Holiday playing with a bassist, a pianist and Gerry Mulligan, who was a friend of mine, on baritone sax. At one point, she looks over at Gerry, and they just smile. When those moments happen, it's just lovely.

I love Shostakovich. We were good friends.

Me and Kehlani have music together, and I love her.

It's difficult to explain exactly how I react to music, but if it makes me feel anything at all, then I'll have some kind of emotional relationship to it. That's what defines good music to me - if it makes me truly feel something.

It feels like I've been singing since I was born, and I have so many great memories with my family and friends centred around music.

I've always had a passion for music - it's a real part of me.

I connect better with music when I see the people singing it.

There's nothing like sitting down and playing music with somebody. It breaks down all the barriers in life.

Music - it speaks to everyone. Music speaks to everyone on so many different levels.

That's one of my favorite songs of all time. It's so beautiful. It's an old song, sung by Nina Simone. This is the Cat Power cover. We pushed hard to get it and were lucky. It's so stunning.