But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
PAUL MCCARTNEYPutting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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Love doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.
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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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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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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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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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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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No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you’re always still thinking there’s somebody out there who’s better than you.
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If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
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I think the French girls are fabulous.
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When you got a job to do, you got to do it well. You gotta give the other fellow hell.
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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 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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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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I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.
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There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
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