The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.
PAUL MCCARTNEYWhen 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.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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I think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
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I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, ‘cuz I like noise.
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I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.
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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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If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
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I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.
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I 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.
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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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No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you’re always still thinking there’s somebody out there who’s better than you.
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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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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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But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
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