Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
PAUL MCCARTNEYIn the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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I took my brains out and stretched them on the rack, now I’m not too sure I’m gonna get them back.
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I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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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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We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
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The best thing I ever saw was a man who loved his wife.
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There is good and bad in everyone.
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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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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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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.
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Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they’re drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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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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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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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
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