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.
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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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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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don’t always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on.
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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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What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
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I took my brains out and stretched them on the rack, now I’m not too sure I’m gonna get them back.
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So, if I’m cooking, I’ll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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When you got a job to do, you got to do it well. You gotta give the other fellow hell.
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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’ve got to admit it’s getting better. It’s a little better all the time.
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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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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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