I have not practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.
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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Transcendental Meditation gives me an island of calm in the midst of so much turbulence.
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None of us wanted to be the bass player. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played at the back.
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It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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If you love your life, everybody will love you too.
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I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity. To see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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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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It’s also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that’s your pool of resources.
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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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We can work it out. Life is very short, and there’s no time for fussing and fighting, my friend.
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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.
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I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.
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And what’s the point of changing when I’m happy as I am?
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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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