Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI like most kinds of music. So I haven’t got a bag, as they say. Except the big black one in the hall outside.
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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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Animation is not just for children – it’s also for adults who take drugs.
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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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There’s nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song that didn’t exist before – I won’t compare it to sex, but it lasts longer.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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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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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 doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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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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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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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 can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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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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