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.
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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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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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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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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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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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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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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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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We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us.
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Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
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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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You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.
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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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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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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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