I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, ‘cuz I like noise.
PAUL MCCARTNEYSomewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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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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I support decriminalisation. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them into criminals is wrong. It’s when you’re in jail you really become a criminal.
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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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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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Transcendental Meditation gives me an island of calm in the midst of so much turbulence.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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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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When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
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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 think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
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