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I believe that in the future meditation could be as commonplace in schools and society as eco-awareness is now. It interests me that an ancient cure may be the solution to a modern problem.
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There are a lot of artists who haven't lost anything to domesticity. In my case, it probably did happen.
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
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It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there's a pretty good chance you'd call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.
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She is the rock 'n' roll queen. Weirdly enough, that is one of the things her reign will be remembered for. Queen Elizabeth I, we remember Raleigh; Queen Elizabeth II it's gonna be the Beatles.
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A lot of the Beatles albums were very various, and we did it on purpose: We didn't want the next track to sound like the last one.
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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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I feel that if I said anything about John, I would have to sit here for five days and say it all. Or I don't want to say anything.
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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.
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
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No matter how accomplished or how many awards you get, you're always still thinking there's somebody out there who's better than you.
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Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music.
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I do have a spongelike ear or mentality or whatever you call it, but it's probably a bit subconscious.
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Late at night when the wind is still I'll come flying through your door, And you'll know what love is for. I am a bluebird, I'm a bluebird...
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My record producer [David Kahne] said the major record labels these days are like dinosaurs sitting around discussing the asteroid. They know it's going to hit. They don't know when, they don't know where it's coming from. But it's sort of hit already. With iTunes, and all of that.
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I used to go round to Aunt Mimi's house and John would be at the typewriter, which was fairly unusual in Liverpool. None of my mates even knew what a typewriter was. Well they knew what it was but they didn't hae one. Nobody had one.
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
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Love is a robber and he lives within your eyes.
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When I write, there are times -- not always -- when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, ... I'll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve.
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I am alive and well and unconcerned about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead, I would be the last to know.
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I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I would appreciate hearing something that was new to me.
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Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds.
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Every time I felt low, I just put on an Elvis record and I'd feel great, beautiful.
Paul McCartney The Beatles
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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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If this ever changing world in which we live in makes you give in and cry, say live and let die.
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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.
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Lovely Rita, Meter Maid, nothing could come between us. When it gets dark I'll tow your heart away
Paul McCartney The Beatles