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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, Tomorrow I’ll miss you.
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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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Bend like the willow, winds gonna blow you hard and cold tonight. Life as it happens, nobody warns you, willow hold on tight.
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And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.
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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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I took my brains out and stretched them on the rack, now I’m not too sure I’m gonna get them back.
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Every time I felt low, I just put on an Elvis record and I’d feel great, beautiful.
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There will be an answer. Let it be.
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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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Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
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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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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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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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We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
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