I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
PAUL MCCARTNEYPutting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
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The interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom at a time when people of our generation were just growing up and just becoming adults.
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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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She is the rock ‘n’ roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it’s gonna be the Beatles.
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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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I took my brains out and stretched them on the rack, now I’m not too sure I’m gonna get them back.
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The thing you must remember is that I’m the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did love him
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Think globally, act locally.
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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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Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it’s got a certain kind of significance.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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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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Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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Lyricists play with words.
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