At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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I still believe that love is all you need. I don’t know a better message than that.
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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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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.
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If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.
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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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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.
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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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I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
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What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
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I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.
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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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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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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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