By the time we made “Abbey Road”, John and I were openly critical of each other’s music, and I felt John wasn’t much interested in performing anything he hadn’t written himself.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI 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.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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There is good and bad in everyone.
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And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.
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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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One may not eat what has a face.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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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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When you’re wide awake say it for goodness sake, it’s gonna be a great day.
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Sadness isn’t sadness. It’s happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They’re balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It’s life that’s jumped off a tall cliff.
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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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