When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don’t stop. There has to be something else. I think it’s the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.
PAUL MCCARTNEYWhat’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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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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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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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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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Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they’re drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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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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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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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 don’t work at being ordinary.
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Lyricists play with words.
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I can’t manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.
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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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