I took my brains out and stretched them on the rack, now I’m not too sure I’m gonna get them back.
PAUL MCCARTNEYBy 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.
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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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There 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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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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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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I support decriminalisation. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them into criminals is wrong. It’s when you’re in jail you really become a criminal.
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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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The interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom at a time when people of our generation were just growing up and just becoming adults.
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
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There will be an answer. Let it be.
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My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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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’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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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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