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!
PAUL MCCARTNEYThere 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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Being in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun.
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There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
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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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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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When I sit down to write a song, it’s a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I’m about to do.
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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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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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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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I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.
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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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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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It’s like if you’re an astronaut and you’ve been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?
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I don’t work at being ordinary.
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If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat.
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