I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThere’s nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song that didn’t exist before – I won’t compare it to sex, but it lasts longer.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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By the time we made “Abbey Road”, John and I were openly critical of each other’s music, and I felt John wasn’t much interested in performing anything he hadn’t written himself.
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
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One may not eat what has a face.
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You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
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Love doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.
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And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.
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Sadness isn’t sadness. It’s happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They’re balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It’s life that’s jumped off a tall cliff.
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There are two things John and I always do when we’re going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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There is good and bad in everyone.
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I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity. To see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.
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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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