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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThe best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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Sadness isn’t sadness. It’s happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They’re balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It’s life that’s jumped off a tall cliff.
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None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
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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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Lyricists play with words.
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When you’re wide awake say it for goodness sake, it’s gonna be a great day.
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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I think the French girls are fabulous.
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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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One may not eat what has a face.
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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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I still believe that love is all you need. I don’t know a better message than that.
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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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Think globally, act locally.
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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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