There are two things John and I always do when we’re going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song.
PAUL MCCARTNEYWhen you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
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I think the French girls are fabulous.
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What’s wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff.
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I’m still looking to write a great song. You always are. You know, you never think, ‘Well, that’s enough that’s good enough.’
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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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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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She is the rock ‘n’ roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it’s gonna be the Beatles.
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There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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The thing you must remember is that I’m the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did love him
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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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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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No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you’re always still thinking there’s somebody out there who’s better than you.
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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 had this song called Helter Skelter, which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, ‘cuz I like noise.
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When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
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One may not eat what has a face.
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When we were starting off as kids, just the idea of maybe going to do this as a living instead of getting what we thought was going to be a boring job, was exciting.
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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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I can’t manage without homeopathy. In fact, I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.
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I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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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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Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they’re drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle.
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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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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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I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.
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