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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYFor tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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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If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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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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When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.
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I think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
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When you got a job to do, you got to do it well. You gotta give the other fellow hell.
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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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There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
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We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
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You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.
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If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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