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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYSadness 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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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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The willow turns his back on inclement weather. And if he can do it, we can do it.
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For tomorrow may rain, so I’ll follow the sun.
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You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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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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One may not eat what has a face.
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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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So, if I’m cooking, I’ll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff.
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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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There will be an answer. Let it be.
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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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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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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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If children are studying the 20th century, I’m in their text books.
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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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