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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYA hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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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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Lyricists play with words.
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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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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.
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There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn’t spoil the sky, or the rain or the land.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it’s all you’ve got, unless you’re brilliant and can write totally in the now.
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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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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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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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There are two things John and I always do when we’re going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.
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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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