It’s also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources.
PAUL MCCARTNEYAnd when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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The good Lord made this world and everything that’s in it. The way I see it, baby, you got to love it to the limit.
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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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I don’t work at being ordinary.
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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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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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Lyricists play with words.
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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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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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I don’t think of myself as a legend. I just love what I do. I love playing with my band, I love going to beautiful places and give people good music. I love what I do, I`m very lucky man.
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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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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 feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.
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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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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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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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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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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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I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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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 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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Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they’re drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
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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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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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Bend like the willow, winds gonna blow you hard and cold tonight. Life as it happens, nobody warns you, willow hold on tight.
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