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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYPutting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they’re drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
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I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity. To see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.
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And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.
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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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You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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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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Lyricists play with words.
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It’s not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there’s a pretty good chance you’d call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.
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I don’t work at being ordinary.
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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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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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If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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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 I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that’s why I can’t eat it. Simple as that.
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What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
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