It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
PAUL MCCARTNEYBy 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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I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.
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The good Lord made this world and everything that’s in it. The way I see it, baby, you got to love it to the limit.
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I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
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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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Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it’s got a certain kind of significance.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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When I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that’s why I can’t eat it. Simple as that.
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My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
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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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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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Every time I felt low, I just put on an Elvis record and I’d feel great, beautiful.
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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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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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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.
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