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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYAnd when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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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The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.
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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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I still believe that love is all you need. I don’t know a better message than that.
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I think the French girls are fabulous.
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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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I meet so many people that just sort of say, “I want to thank you for your music. It really helped me” or “It changed my life.”
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I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It’s simple.
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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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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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The interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom at a time when people of our generation were just growing up and just becoming adults.
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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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Transcendental Meditation gives me an island of calm in the midst of so much turbulence.
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If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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