If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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I think the French girls are fabulous.
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Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.
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I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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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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You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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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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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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Think globally, act locally.
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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 lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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I’m still looking to write a great song. You always are. You know, you never think, ‘Well, that’s enough that’s good enough.’
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I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It’s simple.
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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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If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
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I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.
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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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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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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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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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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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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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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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One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.
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The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.
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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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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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