Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
PAUL MCCARTNEYWhen 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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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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If you love your life, everybody will love you too.
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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 believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.
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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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Painting 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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Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
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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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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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Lyricists play with words.
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To get a big hit single you’ve got to go a bit dance. You’ve got to go a bit Britney. I don’t think I can do that – well, I could but it wouldn’t look very seemly!.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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There will be an answer. Let it be.
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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.
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Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.
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