None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThe willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
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I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.
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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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It’s also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources.
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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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Being in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun.
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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don’t need high minded talk, they need results.
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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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When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
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Love doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.
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At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.
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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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Every time I felt low, I just put on an Elvis record and I’d feel great, beautiful.
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I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.
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