Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThere 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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When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
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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 can’t manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.
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I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.
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One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.
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I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.
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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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I don’t work at being ordinary.
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And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.
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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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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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I’m still looking to write a great song. You always are. You know, you never think, ‘Well, that’s enough that’s good enough.’
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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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To get a big hit single you’ve got to go a bit dance. You’ve got to go a bit Britney. I don’t think I can do that – well, I could but it wouldn’t look very seemly!.
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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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And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
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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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When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don’t stop. There has to be something else. I think it’s the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.
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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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I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.
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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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When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
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We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us.
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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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