Lyricists play with words.
PAUL MCCARTNEYOut of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.
More Paul McCartney Quotes
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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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Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m sixty-four?
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Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
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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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Be cool and you’ll be alright. That’s rock & roll religion.
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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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There’s nothing like the eureka moment of knocking off a song that didn’t exist before – I won’t compare it to sex, but it lasts longer.
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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 still believe that love is all you need. I don’t know a better message than that.
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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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Bend like the willow, winds gonna blow you hard and cold tonight. Life as it happens, nobody warns you, willow hold on tight.
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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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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.
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Transcendental Meditation gives me an island of calm in the midst of so much turbulence.
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The interesting thing about the Beatles was: The music was one thing, but we kind of symbolized a certain kind of freedom at a time when people of our generation were just growing up and just becoming adults.
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