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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYHaving a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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It’s like if you’re an astronaut and you’ve been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?
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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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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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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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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 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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Transcendental Meditation gives me an island of calm in the midst of so much turbulence.
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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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I can’t manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.
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Hamburg totally wrecked us. I remember getting home to England and my dad thought I was half-dead. I looked like a skeleton, I hadn’t noticed the change, I’d been having such a ball!
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I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.
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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
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