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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYFor tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don’t always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on.
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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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I think the French girls are fabulous.
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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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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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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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She is the rock ‘n’ roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it’s gonna be the Beatles.
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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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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There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn’t spoil the sky, or the rain or the land.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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Think globally, act locally.
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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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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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