It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
PAUL MCCARTNEYWe got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it’s got a certain kind of significance.
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There is good and bad in everyone.
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So, if I’m cooking, I’ll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don’t want to stop.
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If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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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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I had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, ‘cuz I like noise.
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There will be an answer. Let it be.
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One may not eat what has a face.
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I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity. To see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.
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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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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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When I write, there are times — not always — when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, I’ll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve.
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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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