I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, ‘cuz I like noise.
PAUL MCCARTNEYLook, people are allowed their own opinions and they don’t always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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There are two things John and I always do when we’re going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.
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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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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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I think the French girls are fabulous.
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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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When you’re wide awake say it for goodness sake, it’s gonna be a great day.
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Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they’re drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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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.
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Being in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun.
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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.
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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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When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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I think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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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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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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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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If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
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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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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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Love doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.
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