It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
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.
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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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So, if I’m cooking, I’ll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
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When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don’t stop. There has to be something else. I think it’s the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.
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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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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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My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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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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I meet so many people that just sort of say, “I want to thank you for your music. It really helped me” or “It changed my life.”
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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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A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.
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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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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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