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 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.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don’t stop. There has to be something else. I think it’s the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.
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When I write, there are times — not always — when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, I’ll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve.
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There’s nothing as glamorous to me as a record store.
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It’s not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there’s a pretty good chance you’d call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.
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A hundred years from now, people will listen to the music of the Beatles the same way we listen to Mozart.
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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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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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Painting is a magical process that I like, where you conjure something out of nothing; you get a little idea that leads you through. You can go into a trance while you’re doing it, so it’s a nice contrast to real life.
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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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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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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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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.
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There is good and bad in everyone.
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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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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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