And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
PAUL MCCARTNEYPainting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through. You can go into a trance while you’re doing it, so it’s a nice contrast to real life.
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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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Love doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.
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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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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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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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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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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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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 love to hear a choir. I love the humanity. To see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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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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Transcendental Meditation gives me an island of calm in the midst of so much turbulence.
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When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don’t stop. There has to be something else. I think it’s the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.
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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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