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If anyone wants to save the planet, all they have to do is just stop eating meat. That's the single most important thing you could do. It's staggering when you think about it. Vegetarianism takes care of so many things in one shot: ecology, famine, cruelty.
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We probably seem to be anti-religious...none of us believes in God.
Paul McCartney The Beatles
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No one is out to break your heart, it only seems that way.
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People think once you get famous and rich you move out of the public sphere and you have nothing left to write about. I've heard that - Bruce Springsteen was this real street boy, now he's got this big house. How does that compute? If you don't look at the material side of someone's life, if you look at more the emotional side, there's always a wealth of stuff to write about.
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I can take pot or leave it. I got busted in Japan for it. I was nine days without it and there wasn't a hint of withdrawal, nothing.
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I think when you're making an album, as the songs are piling up, one of the good things about it is that you will often write the song that you need.
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Some fella said to me, 'Have you had LSD, Paul?' And I said 'Yes.' And it was only 'cuz I was going to just be honest with him. There's no other reason. I didn't want to spread it or anything, you know. I'm not trying to do anything except answer his question. But he happened to be a reporter, and I happened to be a Beatle.
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And Jet, I thought the Major was a lady suffragette.
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
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I think the minute you're full up and have had enough to eat, then that's time to retire.
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If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian [Epstein].
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Most people don't know that I invented the selfie.
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This is the first time I've ever played the Grammys. I finally passed the audition.
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Where I come from, you don't really talk about how much you're earning. Those things are private. My dad never told my mum how much he was earning. I'm certainly not going to tell the world. I'm doing well.
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Hey Jude, don't make it bad Take a sad song and make it better. Remember to let her into your heart Then you can start to make it better.
Paul McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
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It's a lifelong gift, something you can call on at any time.
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Lady Madonna lying on the bed Listen to the music playing in your head.
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I knew the words to 25 rock songs, so I got in the group. Long Tall Sally and Tutti-Frutti, that got me in. That was my audition.
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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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My old school in Liverpool is now a performing-arts school, and I kind of teach there - I use the word lightly - but I go there and talk to students.
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We got into music to avoid a job, and get lots of girls.
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My stepmother sold my birth certificate and someone asked why I didn't buy it back. I don't know, really. I just couldn't bring myself to do it. It was mine. It cost me nothing and suddenly I had to buy it back.
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That's the terrible thing about growing up. You lose friends. It's inevitable. It's not like it's a surprise. But it is terrible.
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I used to think anyone doing anything weird was weird. Now I know that it is the people that call others weird that are weird.
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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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