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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThe 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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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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Transcendental Meditation gives me an island of calm in the midst of so much turbulence.
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I still believe that love is all you need. I don’t know a better message than that.
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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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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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The good Lord made this world and everything that’s in it. The way I see it, baby, you got to love it to the limit.
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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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It’s also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources.
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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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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’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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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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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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I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
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I don’t work at being ordinary.
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