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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYWhat’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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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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There will be an answer. Let it be.
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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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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.
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So, if I’m cooking, I’ll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
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I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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When you’re wide awake say it for goodness sake, it’s gonna be a great day.
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Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through. You can go into a trance while you’re doing it, so it’s a nice contrast to real life.
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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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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 [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don’t need high minded talk, they need results.
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A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it’s all you’ve got, unless you’re brilliant and can write totally in the now.
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