And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThere are two things John and I always do when we’re going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.
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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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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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Transcendental Meditation gives me an island of calm in the midst of so much turbulence.
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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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There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
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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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I’m still looking to write a great song. You always are. You know, you never think, ‘Well, that’s enough that’s good enough.’
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The beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less.
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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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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.
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I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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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 you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
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I think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
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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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