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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI’m still looking to write a great song. You always are. You know, you never think, ‘Well, that’s enough that’s good enough.’
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
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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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When you got a job to do, you got to do it well. You gotta give the other fellow hell.
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It’s like if you’re an astronaut and you’ve been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?
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By the time we made “Abbey Road”, John and I were openly critical of each other’s music, and I felt John wasn’t much interested in performing anything he hadn’t written himself.
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If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat.
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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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I meet so many people that just sort of say, “I want to thank you for your music. It really helped me” or “It changed my life.”
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Love doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.
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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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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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When I write, there are times — not always — when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, I’ll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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