There are two things John and I always do when we’re going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.
PAUL MCCARTNEYAt 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.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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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We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us.
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If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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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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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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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
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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 was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
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You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.
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