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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYNone of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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So, if I’m cooking, I’ll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
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When you got a job to do, you got to do it well. You gotta give the other fellow hell.
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Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don’t always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on.
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It’s a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.
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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 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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There is good and bad in everyone.
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Love doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.
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One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.
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To this day, if I ever meet grownups who play ukulele, I love ’em.
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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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