It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
PAUL MCCARTNEYYou 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.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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There is good and bad in everyone.
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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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I’m only 49 years old. I’m still in the middle of this whole thing. I don’t feel like it’s finished at all. I’m still planning to write better songs.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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If you love your life, everybody will love you too.
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But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
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I like most kinds of music. So I haven’t got a bag, as they say. Except the big black one in the hall outside.
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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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I think the French girls are fabulous.
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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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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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My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
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Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, Tomorrow I’ll miss you.
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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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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.
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