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When 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.

Paul McCartney

Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it’s got a certain kind of significance.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Important Kind Song Time Writing
And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Light Night Shine
At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

End Kind Life Myself Time
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.”
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Change Life Music Myself People Thankful
It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Beautiful Friendship Myself Powerful Song
Painting is similar to music. You get a couple or words or notes or chords that excite you, and you just follow them and add a bit more and see where it takes you. That’s the thrill for me. It still is a thrill, which is amazing after all this time.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Amazing Couple Follow Music Myself Similar Thrill Time
It’s like if you’re an astronaut and you’ve been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Life Moon Yourself
I’ve got to admit it’s getting better. It’s a little better all the time.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Better Improvement Myself Time
A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it’s all you’ve got, unless you’re brilliant and can write totally in the now.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Artist Brilliant Lyrics Memories Writing Yourself
My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Ideas Message Myself Peace
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Call Experience Learning Resource See Writing Yourself
Think globally, act locally.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Act Business Global Local Myself Thinking
The thing you must remember is that I’m the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did love him
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Love Musician Myself Remember
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Formal Ideas Improvisation Kind Music Myself Writing
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Alive Death Myself Rumor
To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Day Growth Love Myself Play

When 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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