If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.
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I don’t work at being ordinary.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they’re drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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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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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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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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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
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If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
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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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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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