What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
PAUL MCCARTNEYBut with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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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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When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don’t stop. There has to be something else. I think it’s the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.
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When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
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I think the French girls are fabulous.
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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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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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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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If you love your life, everybody will love you too.
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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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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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It’s not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there’s a pretty good chance you’d call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.
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I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.
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Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
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