You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThe interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom at a time when people of our generation were just growing up and just becoming adults.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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 have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
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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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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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I don’t work at being ordinary.
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I think the French girls are fabulous.
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My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.
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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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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 can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
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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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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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I think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
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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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