Paul McCartney

English musician and member of the Beatles (born 1942)

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Born 1942 · age 84United Kingdom

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Born 1942
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Pirates of the Caribbe…
2017

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Updated 2026-08-31

Half of the most successful songwriting partnership in music history, and still the benchmark for what a pop melody can do. The Beatles bassist who became the band's creative engine, then proved the solo run could match it.

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Born in Liverpool in 1942, McCartney taught himself piano and guitar as a teenager, shaped by his father's jazz records and Little Richard. He joined John Lennon's skiffle group in 1957; by 1960 it was the Beatles. Known for melodic bass lines and a versatile tenor, he shared lead vocals and writing duties with Lennon, penning "Yesterday," "Eleanor Rigby," and "Blackbird"—among the most covered songs ever written. After immersing himself in London's avant-garde scene, he drove the band's experimental turn starting with Sgt. Pepper's in 1967, becoming their de facto leader until they disbanded.…

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Paul McCartney

said2000

Criticism didn't really stop us and it shouldn't ever stop anyone, because critics are only the people who can't get a record deal themselves.

— The Beatles Anthology (2000), p. 96

Paul McCartney

said2000

We're constantly being asked all sorts of very profound questions. But we're not very profound people.

— The Beatles Anthology (2000), p. 109

Paul McCartney

said2000

I don't have any desire to learn. I feel it's like a voodoo, that it would spoil things if I actually learnt how things are done.

— Of arranging, The Beatles Anthology (2000), p. 175

Paul McCartney

said1998

When I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that's why I can't eat it. Simple as that. But I'll eat Linda's veggie bacon. All her food was so good.

— Animal Times interview, Fall, 1998

Paul McCartney

said1998