I don’t need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me.
Meaning of the quote
Linda McCartney, an American photographer, believes that she doesn't need a lot of money to be happy. Instead, she thinks that leading a simple life is the solution for her. She values simplicity over material wealth, and this helps her find contentment and fulfillment.
About Linda McCartney
Linda McCartney was a talented American photographer and musician who played keyboards and provided harmony vocals for the band Wings, which she formed with her husband, Paul McCartney of the Beatles. She was a pioneering woman in the music industry, becoming the first female photographer to have her work featured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
More quotes from Linda McCartney
We are really on top of one another at the moment and I think it is amazing how we stay so close. Maybe that’s the test. Why not totally put yourself together, rather than always wonder whether you actually like each other?
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
I don’t need a lot of money. Simplicity is the answer for me.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
He is a terrible planner, though. So am I.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
We have lasted this long close together, so we must have something going for each other.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
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.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
But I wanted marriage for myself. I was not calculating about it. I wish I was more calculating.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
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.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
We think we want to do something and when it comes to it, we don’t. We don’t like to commit.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
When I first toured with Wings things that were said about me were true – I did sing out of tune.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
When I married Paul, we lived in St John’s Wood in London. We had nice next-door neighbours, but you don’t know anyone else. Everyone lives in isolation.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
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.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
Cooking for six people every day is like having a cafe.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
We spend so much time together, because that’s how we like it. I never used to go on girl’s nights out, even at school. And Paul has never liked going out for a night with the boys, either.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
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.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
When Paul was arrested in Japan for having hash in his luggage, I thought he’d be out that night. But it became really serious stuff when he was kept in a cell. I became more fearful as the days went by.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
I wasn’t looking for another marriage. I had been married before. He is a nice man – a geologist, an Ernest Hemingway type. But Paul and I married because of convention.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
I would like them all to enjoy life and try different things until there is something they really like.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
If slaughterhouses had glass walls the whole world would be vegetarian.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
We both came from families in which parents got married, had children and the whole thing. So we were not the kind of people to live together permanently.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
I think hard drugs are disgusting. But I must say, I think marijuana is pretty lightweight.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
I would travel only by horse, if I had the choice.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
Paul persuaded me to join the band. I would never have had the courage otherwise. It was fun at the beginning. We were playing just for fun, with Paul’s group.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
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.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)
I won’t be having any more kids, though. Four is enough.
American photographer, musician and animal rights activist (1941-1998)