When I write, there are times — not always — when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, I’ll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve.
PAUL MCCARTNEYWhen we were starting off as kids, just the idea of maybe going to do this as a living instead of getting what we thought was going to be a boring job, was exciting.
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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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Lyricists play with words.
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If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
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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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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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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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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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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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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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Bend like the willow, winds gonna blow you hard and cold tonight. Life as it happens, nobody warns you, willow hold on tight.
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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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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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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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Animation is not just for children – it’s also for adults who take drugs.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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