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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.

Paul McCartney

I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Drugs Realize
In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

End Love Relationship Yourself
But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Children Food Myself Yourself
Bend like the willow, winds gonna blow you hard and cold tonight. Life as it happens, nobody warns you, willow hold on tight.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Blow Hard Life Warning Wind Yourself
If you love your life, everybody will love you too.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Life Love Yourself
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 MCCARTNEY

Formal Ideas Improvisation Kind Music Myself Writing
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Guitar Instrument Myself Song Thrill
When you’re wide awake say it for goodness sake, it’s gonna be a great day.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Alert Awake Day Greatness Wide Yourself
But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Color Important Sadness Writing Wrong
Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, Tomorrow I’ll miss you.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Eyes I Miss You Kiss Love
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Approve Myself Time Writing
Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Aware Care Oneself Ourselves Planet Space
My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Ideas Message Myself Peace
My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Death Himself Kind Lose Mom Strange
One may not eat what has a face.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Eat Face Food One Liner
A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Listening Music Myself People Way

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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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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