Every time I felt low, I just put on an Elvis record and I’d feel great, beautiful.
PAUL MCCARTNEYIt’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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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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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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I still believe that love is all you need. I don’t know a better message than that.
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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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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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I don’t work at being ordinary.
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But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
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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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One may not eat what has a face.
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There’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.
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The thing you must remember is that I’m the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did love him
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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.
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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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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.
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