We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
PAUL MCCARTNEYWhat I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
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It’s also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources.
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Hamburg totally wrecked us. I remember getting home to England and my dad thought I was half-dead. I looked like a skeleton, I hadn’t noticed the change, I’d been having such a ball!
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Bend like the willow, winds gonna blow you hard and cold tonight. Life as it happens, nobody warns you, willow hold on tight.
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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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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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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.
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I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.
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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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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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The good Lord made this world and everything that’s in it. The way I see it, baby, you got to love it to the limit.
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