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Paul McCartney

A lot of artists use memories. A lot of prose writers, a lot of poets, a lot of songwriters, refer back to something. Generally it’s all you’ve got, unless you’re brilliant and can write totally in the now.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Artist Brilliant Lyrics Memories Writing Yourself
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 MCCARTNEY

Myself Song Thinking Writing
Close your eyes and I’ll kiss you, Tomorrow I’ll miss you.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Eyes I Miss You Kiss Love
If I were dead, I would be the last to know.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Death Known Myself
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Himself Leadership Old Quick Smart
My arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Arrest Known Myself Prison Sing
I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don’t want to stop.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Enjoyment Myself Stop Yourself
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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Criticism Myself Open Performance Time Writing
Sometimes you write a song in a certain era and it’s got a certain kind of significance.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Important Kind Song Time Writing
I took my brains out and stretched them on the rack, now I’m not too sure I’m gonna get them back.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Brain Myself Stretch
When I sit down to write a song, it’s a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I’m about to do.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Formal Ideas Improvisation Kind Music Myself Writing
I think [Transcendental Meditation] is what people need. They don’t need high minded talk, they need results.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Meditation Myself Need People Result Thinking
Painting 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.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Amazing Couple Follow Music Myself Similar Thrill Time
Love doesn’t come in a minute, sometimes it doesn’t come at all.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Forever Love Time
It was Elvis who really got me hooked on beat music. When I heard ‘Heartbreak Hotel’ I thought, this is it.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Music Myself Thinking
I feel like the sixties is about to happen. It feels like a period in the future to me, rather than a period in the past.
PAUL MCCARTNEY

Feeling Future Myself Past

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