My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.
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.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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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My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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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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Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it’s got a certain kind of significance.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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I’m only 49 years old. I’m still in the middle of this whole thing. I don’t feel like it’s finished at all. I’m still planning to write better songs.
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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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Think globally, act locally.
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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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Lyricists play with words.
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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn’t spoil the sky, or the rain or the land.
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I support decriminalisation. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them into criminals is wrong. It’s when you’re in jail you really become a criminal.
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I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.
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