It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
PAUL MCCARTNEYTo get a big hit single you’ve got to go a bit dance. You’ve got to go a bit Britney. I don’t think I can do that – well, I could but it wouldn’t look very seemly!.
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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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I’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI’m not religious, but I’m very spiritual.
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Lyricists play with words.
PAUL MCCARTNEYLyricists play with words.
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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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThere 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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Think globally, act locally.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThink globally, act locally.
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Transcendental Meditation gives me an island of calm in the midst of so much turbulence.
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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
PAUL MCCARTNEYSomewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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When you got a job to do, you got to do it well. You gotta give the other fellow hell.
PAUL MCCARTNEYWhen you got a job to do, you got to do it well. You gotta give the other fellow hell.
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I’m still looking to write a great song. You always are. You know, you never think, ‘Well, that’s enough that’s good enough.’
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Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
PAUL MCCARTNEYNothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
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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.
PAUL MCCARTNEYThere 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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Putting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
PAUL MCCARTNEYPutting two songs together, I’ve always loved that trick when it works.
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Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
PAUL MCCARTNEYBuy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
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I still believe that love is all you need. I don’t know a better message than that.
PAUL MCCARTNEYI still believe that love is all you need. I don’t know a better message than that.
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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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