Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, ‘cuz I like noise.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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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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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None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
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There is good and bad in everyone.
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I don’t work at being ordinary.
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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 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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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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Lyricists play with words.
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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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What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.
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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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