Linda McCartney Quotes

I had daydreams and fantasies when I was growing up. I always wanted to live in a log cabin at the foot of a mountain. I would ride my horse to town and pick up provisions. Then return to the cabin, with a big open fire, a record player and peace.

If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegetarian. We feel better about ourselves and better about the animals, knowing we're not contributing to their pain.

We stopped eating meat many years ago. During the course of a Sunday lunch we happened to look out of the kitchen window at our young lambs playing happily in the fields. Glancing down at our plates, we suddenly realized that we were eating the leg of an animal who had until recently been playing in a field herself. We looked at each other and said, "Wait a minute, we love these sheep-they're such gentle creatures. So why are we eating them?" It was the last time we ever did.

Anyone who cares about the Earth - really cares - must stop eating animals.

Cooking for six people every day is like having a cafe.

I think hard drugs are disgusting. But I must say, I think marijuana is pretty lightweight.

If you see something that moves you, and then snap it, you keep a moment.

We spent last night listening to Liverpool football team on the radio, wanting them to win so badly. Paul supports Liverpool. He was Everton for a while because of his family - but it's all Liverpool now.

I would travel only by horse, if I had the choice.

He is not in the least arrogant. The last album was written in a room in Sussex. He was like a mad professor, spending all day writing and then coming out with brilliant tunes.

My mother was killed in a plane crash, so I hate travelling in planes. Death is so unexpected. I would actually rather stay at home and not go anywhere.

We moved there a year ago, just as a weekend place. Then we decided to move out of London completely. We will eventually have to work it out a bit more, because you can't have a little boy living with his sisters like that, can you? But we like the idea of closeness.

I don't need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me.

We think we want to do something and when it comes to it, we don't. We don't like to commit.

Our kids haven't any airs about them. I don't like posh kids who don't like dirty dolls or expect a chauffeur every time they go out.

When I first toured with Wings things that were said about me were true - I did sing out of tune.

I've always hated religion. It's the most guilt-ridden, horrible thing. 'My God is better than yours, and I'm going to fight you and kill you because of your religion.' I think it's just a sick idea. You know how people are color-blind when it comes to other people - I mean, hopefully they are. Well, I'm religious-blind.

Oppression won't win, the light comes from within.

Most people if I like their music, I can get good pictures.

I won't be having any more kids, though. Four is enough.

There’s the feeling, and the right reading - that’s all you really need to know; the right light and the feeling.

But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating.