To get a big hit single you’ve got to go a bit dance. You’ve got to go a bit Britney. I don’t think I can do that – well, I could but it wouldn’t look very seemly!.
PAUL MCCARTNEYSomewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
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Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it’s got a certain kind of significance.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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By the time we made “Abbey Road”, John and I were openly critical of each other’s music, and I felt John wasn’t much interested in performing anything he hadn’t written himself.
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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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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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It’s also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources.
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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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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.
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Love doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.
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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 a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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Animation is not just for children – it’s also for adults who take drugs.
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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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Lyricists play with words.
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My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
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Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, Tomorrow I’ll miss you.
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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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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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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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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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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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What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
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