But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
PAUL MCCARTNEYHamburg totally wrecked us. I remember getting home to England and my dad thought I was half-dead. I looked like a skeleton, I hadn’t noticed the change, I’d been having such a ball!
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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The beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less.
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There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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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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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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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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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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By the time we made “Abbey Road”, John and I were openly critical of each other’s music, and I felt John wasn’t much interested in performing anything he hadn’t written himself.
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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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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
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I meet so many people that just sort of say, “I want to thank you for your music. It really helped me” or “It changed my life.”
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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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