I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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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When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
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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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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.
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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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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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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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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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If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
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If you love your life, everybody will love you too.
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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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There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn’t spoil the sky, or the rain or the land.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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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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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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