Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThink globally, act locally.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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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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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And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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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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When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don’t stop. There has to be something else. I think it’s the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.
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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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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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I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It’s simple.
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Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.
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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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But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
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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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If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
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