Every time I felt low, I just put on an Elvis record and I’d feel great, beautiful.
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.
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Animation is not just for children – it’s also for adults who take drugs.
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It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
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The beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less.
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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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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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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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My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
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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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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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Transcendental Meditation gives me an island of calm in the midst of so much turbulence.
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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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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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But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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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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Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
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By the time we made “Abbey Road”, John and I were openly critical of each other’s music, and I felt John wasn’t much interested in performing anything he hadn’t written himself.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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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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If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
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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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My message is a peaceful one and I hope that the idea will spread.
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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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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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