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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYBend like the willow, winds gonna blow you hard and cold tonight. Life as it happens, nobody warns you, willow hold on tight.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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 realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.
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I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don’t want to stop.
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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.
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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 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.”
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Think globally, act locally.
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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 used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
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The good Lord made this world and everything that’s in it. The way I see it, baby, you got to love it to the limit.
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None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
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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.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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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.
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So, if I’m cooking, I’ll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
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