I took my brains out and stretched them on the rack, now I’m not too sure I’m gonna get them back.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThere’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.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.
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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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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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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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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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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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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 anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat.
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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’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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I support decriminalisation. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them into criminals is wrong. It’s when you’re in jail you really become a criminal.
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One may not eat what has a face.
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