I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
PAUL MCCARTNEYWhen we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
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I don’t think of myself as a legend. I just love what I do. I love playing with my band, I love going to beautiful places and give people good music. I love what I do, I`m very lucky man.
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You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.
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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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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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When I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that’s why I can’t eat it. Simple as that.
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One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.
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I don’t work at being ordinary.
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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 best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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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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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through. You can go into a trance while you’re doing it, so it’s a nice contrast to real life.
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