I’m only 49 years old. I’m still in the middle of this whole thing. I don’t feel like it’s finished at all. I’m still planning to write better songs.
PAUL MCCARTNEYIf children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.
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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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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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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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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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There is good and bad in everyone.
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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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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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I support decriminalisation. People are smoking pot anyway and to make them into criminals is wrong. It’s when you’re in jail you really become a criminal.
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Lyricists play with words.
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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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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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Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it’s got a certain kind of significance.
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One may not eat what has a face.
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Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.
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If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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When 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.
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If you love your life, everybody will love you too.
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I’m still looking to write a great song. You always are. You know, you never think, ‘Well, that’s enough that’s good enough.’
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I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.
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My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.
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When you’re wide awake say it for goodness sake, it’s gonna be a great day.
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I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.
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