Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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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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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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If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
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The good Lord made this world and everything that’s in it. The way I see it, baby, you got to love it to the limit.
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It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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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 realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.
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I don’t work at being ordinary.
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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 have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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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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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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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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Transcendental Meditation gives me an island of calm in the midst of so much turbulence.
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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There is good and bad in everyone.
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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
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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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