Paul McCartney Quotes
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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It's always a live experience - anything that happens around you. It's so easy to just put it to a song.
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As much as I don't want to admit it, my fans are the only ones that can hurt my feelings when they're not pleased with what I'm presenting. I want it to be perfect for them. I want them to have a different sense of pride in my music.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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I think I need to accept the fact that I am where I am today because fans have shared my music illegally and legally, but I wouldn't be here today without the Internet, so I can't speak out against it.
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I want to be in control of how my music is released and how I create it. What people don't talk about when they talk about major labels is how many artists get dropped or funding gets dropped when they don't recoup quick enough.
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If you meet me, you might not get to know me. If you hear my music? You'll get to know me.
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I don't tend to set out on huge world domination goals or have anything in mind. I just like to play. I like to gig a lot; I like to write music.
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Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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I love classic rock, rock and roll, that's the top notch. I love soul - bluesy music as well.
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Little moments can have a feeling and a texture that is very real.
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It's important in a relationship to have moments when you do your own thing.
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I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.
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I like children - fried.
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You have to accept the fact that part of the sizzle of sex comes from the danger of sex. You can be overpowered.
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Mathematics is, as it were, a sensuous logic, and relates to philosophy as do the arts, music, and plastic art to poetry.
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I think things are funny when the character is taking it totally seriously.
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I need to listen to chill music when I'm driving. It prevents road rage.
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Music is what our feelings sound like.
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I think intensity is one thing, and gore is another.
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When I find someone who is worth it, I'll be nice and respect that person and put some time in.
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I started off as a recording engineer and a beatmaker. I was this skater kid that would skateboard to auditions, and then I would use the money I'd make and buy a bunch of equipment and make a bunch of beats. I still am that kid, just with a little more money.
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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.
