We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
PAUL MCCARTNEYBut with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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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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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
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She is the rock ‘n’ roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it’s gonna be the Beatles.
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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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.
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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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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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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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If you love your life, everybody will love you too.
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If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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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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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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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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