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 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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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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Every time I felt low, I just put on an Elvis record and I’d feel great, beautiful.
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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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When we were kids growing up in Liverpool, all we ever wanted to be was Elvis Presley.
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I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It’s simple.
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You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, Tomorrow I’ll miss you.
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Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it’s got a certain kind of significance.
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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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My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
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Being in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun.
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I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don’t want to stop.
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To get a big hit single you’ve got to go a bit dance. You’ve got to go a bit Britney. I don’t think I can do that – well, I could but it wouldn’t look very seemly!.
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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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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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