But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI 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 just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don’t want to stop.
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My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.
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It’s also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources.
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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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Sadness isn’t sadness. It’s happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They’re balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It’s life that’s jumped off a tall cliff.
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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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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Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, Tomorrow I’ll miss you.
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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 this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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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 think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don’t need high minded talk, they need results.
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I’ve got to admit it’s getting better. It’s a little better all the time.
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When you’re wide awake say it for goodness sake, it’s gonna be a great day.
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The beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less.
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