None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
PAUL MCCARTNEYTranscendental Meditation gives me an island of calm in the midst of so much turbulence.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.
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Animation is not just for children – it’s also for adults who take drugs.
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What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.
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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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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
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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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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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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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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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If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat.
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My mum died when I was 14. That is a kind of strange age to lose a mother. John lost his mum when he was 17.
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The beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less.
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The good Lord made this world and everything that’s in it. The way I see it, baby, you got to love it to the limit.
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Lyricists play with words.
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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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