I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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When I sit down to write a song, it’s a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I’m about to do.
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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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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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I’m still looking to write a great song. You always are. You know, you never think, ‘Well, that’s enough that’s good enough.’
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If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
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There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn’t spoil the sky, or the rain or the land.
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None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
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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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Think globally, act locally.
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It’s also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources.
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Love doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.
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One may not eat what has a face.
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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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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 just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don’t want to stop.
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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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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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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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Lyricists play with words.
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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don’t need high minded talk, they need results.
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There’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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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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