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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYIt’s not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there’s a pretty good chance you’d call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.
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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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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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I like most kinds of music. So I haven’t got a bag, as they say. Except the big black one in the hall outside.
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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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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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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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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don’t always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on.
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It’s also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources.
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One may not eat what has a face.
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Every time I felt low, I just put on an Elvis record and I’d feel great, beautiful.
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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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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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