I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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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Being in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun.
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Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, Tomorrow I’ll miss you.
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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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A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.
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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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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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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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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.
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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 think the French girls are fabulous.
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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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Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they’re drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
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I’ve got to admit it’s getting better. It’s a little better all the time.
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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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