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 MCCARTNEYBe cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don’t need high minded talk, they need results.
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I’ve got to admit it’s getting better. It’s a little better all the time.
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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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I think the minute you’re full up and have had enough to eat, then that’s time to retire.
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I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It’s simple.
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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.
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The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.
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We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us.
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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity. To see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.
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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.
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I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.
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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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We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
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