Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
PAUL MCCARTNEYWe live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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Think globally, act locally.
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I just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don’t want to stop.
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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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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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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.
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When you got a job to do, you got to do it well. You gotta give the other fellow hell.
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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.
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I don’t think of myself as a legend. I just love what I do. I love playing with my band, I love going to beautiful places and give people good music. I love what I do, I`m very lucky man.
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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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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be a vegetarian.
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When I see bacon, I see a pig, I see a little friend, and that’s why I can’t eat it. Simple as that.
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It’s a powerful thing hearing your friend on a very beautiful song.
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But with writers, there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.
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