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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.

Paul McCartney

I think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Eat Enough Retirement Time Yourself
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 MCCARTNEY

Artist Brilliant Lyrics Memories Writing Yourself
One may not eat what has a face.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Eat Face Food One Liner
I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, ‘cuz I like noise.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Myself Noise Song
No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you’re always still thinking there’s somebody out there who’s better than you.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Accomplishment Award Better Yourself
It’s not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there’s a pretty good chance you’d call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Call Experience Learning Resource See Writing Yourself
When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Heart Live Young Yourself
When I sit down to write a song, it’s a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I’m about to do.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Formal Ideas Improvisation Kind Music Myself Writing
For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Follow Myself Rain Sun
What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Feeling Music Myself Song Writing
I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don’t need high minded talk, they need results.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Meditation Myself Need People Result Thinking
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Crime Discrimination Myself Support Wrong
Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Love Myself Song Togetherness Trick Work
Animation is not just for children – it’s also for adults who take drugs.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Animation Children Drugs
And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Light Night Shine
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Better Feeling Myself Planning Writing

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