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.
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.
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I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.
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When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
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But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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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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A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it’s all you’ve got, unless you’re brilliant and can write totally in the now.
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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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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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It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
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I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.
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Being in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun.
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One may not eat what has a face.
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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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Bend like the willow, winds gonna blow you hard and cold tonight. Life as it happens, nobody warns you, willow hold on tight.
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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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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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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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And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
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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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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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Every time I felt low, I just put on an Elvis record and I’d feel great, beautiful.
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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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We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
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When we were starting off as kids, just the idea of maybe going to do this as a living instead of getting what we thought was going to be a boring job, was exciting.
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