Transcendental Meditation gives me an island of calm in the midst of so much turbulence.
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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I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.
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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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But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
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I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.
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Painting is similar to music. You get a couple or words or notes or chords that excite you, and you just follow them and add a bit more and see where it takes you. That’s the thrill for me. It still is a thrill, which is amazing after all this time.
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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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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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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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To get a big hit single you’ve got to go a bit dance. You’ve got to go a bit Britney. I don’t think I can do that – well, I could but it wouldn’t look very seemly!.
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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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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I like most kinds of music. So I haven’t got a bag, as they say. Except the big black one in the hall outside.
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One may not eat what has a face.
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Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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