You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.
PAUL MCCARTNEYIf slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don’t always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on.
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I can’t manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.
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There will be an answer. Let it be.
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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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And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
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Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
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There’s nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song that didn’t exist before – I won’t compare it to sex, but it lasts longer.
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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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It’s not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there’s a pretty good chance you’d call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.
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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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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
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One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.
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No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you’re always still thinking there’s somebody out there who’s better than you.
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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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