When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
PAUL MCCARTNEYA 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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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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The interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom at a time when people of our generation were just growing up and just becoming adults.
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If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
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I don’t think of myself as a legend. I just love what I do. I love playing with my band, I love going to beautiful places and give people good music. I love what I do, I`m very lucky man.
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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.
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I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity. To see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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I 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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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you’re always still thinking there’s somebody out there who’s better than you.
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If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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