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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
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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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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.
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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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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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You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
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Lyricists play with words.
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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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I like most kinds of music. So I haven’t got a bag, as they say. Except the big black one in the hall outside.
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Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
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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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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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