When you got a job to do, you got to do it well. You gotta give the other fellow hell.
PAUL MCCARTNEYTrumpets are a bit more adventurous; they’re drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.
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Animation is not just for children – it’s also for adults who take drugs.
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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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When I sit down to write a song, it’s a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I’m about to do.
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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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The interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom at a time when people of our generation were just growing up and just becoming adults.
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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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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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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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When we were starting off as kids, just the idea of maybe going to do this as a living instead of getting what we thought was going to be a boring job, was exciting.
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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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Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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