You see, my mother was a district nurse until she died when I was 14, and we used to move from time to time because of her work.
PAUL MCCARTNEYIt’s also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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 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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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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I’ve got to admit it’s getting better. It’s a little better all the time.
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There’s nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song that didn’t exist before – I won’t compare it to sex, but it lasts longer.
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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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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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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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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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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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You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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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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It’s like if you’re an astronaut and you’ve been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?
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We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us.
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Think globally, act locally.
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