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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI 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 hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.
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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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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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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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I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It’s simple.
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If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
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I don’t work at being ordinary.
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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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I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.
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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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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
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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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