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 MCCARTNEYWhen 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.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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Lyricists play with words.
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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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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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If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat.
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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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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 may not eat what has a face.
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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
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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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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.
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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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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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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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