Sadness isn’t sadness. It’s happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They’re balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It’s life that’s jumped off a tall cliff.
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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The good Lord made this world and everything that’s in it. The way I see it, baby, you got to love it to the limit.
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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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And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
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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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When I sit down to write a song, it’s a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I’m about to do.
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Lyricists play with words.
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I’ve got to admit it’s getting better. It’s a little better all the time.
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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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 don’t work at being ordinary.
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I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity. To see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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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 live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us.
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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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