There 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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYFor tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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Think globally, act locally.
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We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us.
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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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None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
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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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Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it’s got a certain kind of significance.
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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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No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you’re always still thinking there’s somebody out there who’s better than you.
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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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A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.
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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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But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
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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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