Paul McCartney Quotes
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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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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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I play to all people, and I play to people not governments, and I believe strongly that all people are peaceful and would want peace.
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You've got to believe in yourself. ..it really is true, because that's one thing about the Beatles...Man, we believed in ourselves. We knew we were good.
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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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John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood.
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For tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun...
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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I realized marvelling at nature was a deep pleasure of mine.
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But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp.
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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.
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But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing.
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My dad was a particularly polite kind of guy, very courteous. So when we got on a bus, he would always encourage me and my younger brother to get up and offer our seat to an old lady. I grew up kind of liking that, thinking, y'know, that's a nice thing, that's a courtesy.
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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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I've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time.
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You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals.
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The medical argument for animal testing doesn't stand up. Even if it did, I don't think we should kill other species. We think we're so much better; I'm not sure we are. I tell people, We've beaten into submission every animal on the face of the Earth, so we are the clear winners of whatever battle is going on between the species. Couldn't we be generous? I really do think it's time to get nice. No need to keep beating up on them. I think we've got to show that we're kind.
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If you love your life, everybody will love you too.
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the beatles were always a great band. nothing more nothing less
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If You can play Your stuff in a pub, then You´re a good band.
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Why she had to go I don't know, she wouldn't say I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday.
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The most important ingredient to making a song work is the magic. You've got a melody, you've got words, but on the more successful songs, there's a sort of magic glow that just happens and you can feel it happening. It just makes the songs sort of roll out.
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When you get the money, you still need to keep going; you don't stop. There has to be something else. I think it's the freedom to do what you want and to live your dreams.