Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I’d rather be out playing.
PAUL MCCARTNEYPainting 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.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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.
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And when the night is cloudy There is still a light that shines on me Shine on until tomorrow, let it Be.
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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest.
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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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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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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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I doubt very much if The Beatles would have happened if it was not for Elvis.
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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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When you were young, and your heart, was an open book. You used to say, live and let live.
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But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
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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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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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It’s like if you’re an astronaut and you’ve been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life?
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