There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn’t spoil the sky, or the rain or the land.
PAUL MCCARTNEYYou 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.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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Sadness isn’t sadness. It’s happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They’re balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It’s life that’s jumped off a tall cliff.
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Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, Tomorrow I’ll miss you.
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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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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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I’ve got to admit it’s getting better. It’s a little better all the time.
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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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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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I’m only 49 years old. I’m still in the middle of this whole thing. I don’t feel like it’s finished at all. I’m still planning to write better songs.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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I think the French girls are fabulous.
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Being in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun.
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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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.
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And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
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