To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
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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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I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.
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And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
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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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You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it’s all you’ve got, unless you’re brilliant and can write totally in the now.
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When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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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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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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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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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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I think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
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The thing you must remember is that I’m the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did love him
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My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
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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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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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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.
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When I write, there are times — not always — when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, I’ll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve.
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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.
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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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