I think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
PAUL MCCARTNEYSongs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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 think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don’t need high minded talk, they need results.
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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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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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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.
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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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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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I’ve got to admit it’s getting better. It’s a little better all the time.
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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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She is the rock ‘n’ roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it’s gonna be the Beatles.
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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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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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There is good and bad in everyone.
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When I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that’s why I can’t eat it. Simple as that.
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