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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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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.
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So, if I’m cooking, I’ll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
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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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I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.
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When I write, there are times — not always — when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, I’ll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve.
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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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When we were starting off as kids, just the idea of maybe going to do this as a living instead of getting what we thought was going to be a boring job, was exciting.
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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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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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I can’t manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.
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I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don’t want to stop.
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The beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less.
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Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don’t always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on.
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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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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 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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When you got a job to do, you got to do it well. You gotta give the other fellow hell.
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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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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My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
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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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Painting is similar to music. You get a couple or words or notes or chords that excite you, and you just follow them and add a bit more and see where it takes you. That’s the thrill for me. It still is a thrill, which is amazing after all this time.
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One may not eat what has a face.
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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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I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.
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