When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
PAUL MCCARTNEYBut with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.
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If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
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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.
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I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.
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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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There’s nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song that didn’t exist before – I won’t compare it to sex, but it lasts longer.
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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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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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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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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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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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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And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
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Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they’re drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
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