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I meet so many people that just sort of say, “I want to thank you for your music. It really helped me” or “It changed my life.”

Paul McCartney

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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Existence Moments Myself Sex Song
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.’
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Enough Greatness Myself Writing
My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Arrest Known Myself Prison Sing
We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Avoid Girl Job Music
But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Children Food Myself Yourself
Every time I felt low, I just put on an Elvis record and I’d feel great, beautiful.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Feeling Greatness Myself Record Time
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Call Experience Learning Resource See Writing Yourself
The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Love Man Myself Wife
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Death Food Glass
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Criticism Myself Open Performance Time Writing
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Artist Brilliant Lyrics Memories Writing Yourself
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Allow Artist Opinion People Yourself
I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Doubt Music Myself
Painting is similar to music. You get a couple or words or notes or chords that excite you, and you just follow them and add a bit more and see where it takes you. That’s the thrill for me. It still is a thrill, which is amazing after all this time.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Amazing Couple Follow Music Myself Similar Thrill Time
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Death Himself Kind Lose Mom Strange
When you’re wide awake say it for goodness sake, it’s gonna be a great day.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Alert Awake Day Greatness Wide Yourself

I meet so many people that just sort of say, “I want to thank you for your music. It really helped me” or “It changed my life.”

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