A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it’s all you’ve got, unless you’re brilliant and can write totally in the now.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI 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.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don’t need high minded talk, they need results.
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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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Hamburg totally wrecked us. I remember getting home to England and my dad thought I was half-dead. I looked like a skeleton, I hadn’t noticed the change, I’d been having such a ball!
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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, ‘cuz I like noise.
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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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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.
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I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.
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Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through. You can go into a trance while you’re doing it, so it’s a nice contrast to real life.
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Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
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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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I think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
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If you love your life, everybody will love you too.
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