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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI’m still looking to write a great song. You always are. You know, you never think, ‘Well, that’s enough that’s good enough.’
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I support decriminalisation. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them into criminals is wrong. It’s when you’re in jail you really become a criminal.
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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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I’m only 49 years old. I’m still in the middle of this whole thing. I don’t feel like it’s finished at all. I’m still planning to write better songs.
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don’t stop. There has to be something else. I think it’s the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.
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I took my brains out and stretched them on the rack, now I’m not too sure I’m gonna get them back.
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None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
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I like most kinds of music. So I haven’t got a bag, as they say. Except the big black one in the hall outside.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.
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Think globally, act locally.
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We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
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