Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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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I still believe that love is all you need. I don’t know a better message than that.
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I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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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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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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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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Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it’s got a certain kind of significance.
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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.
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When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
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I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat.
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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.
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It’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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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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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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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
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You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.
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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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