Paul McCartney Quotes
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Life is an energy field, a bunch of molecules. And these particular molecules formed to make these four guys, who then formed into this band called the Beatles and did all that work. I have to think that was something metaphysical. Something alchemic. Something that must be thought of as magic.
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It's also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources.
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It was a period when they used to read into our lyrics a lot, used to think there was more in them than there was.
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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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And Jet, I thought the Major was a lady suffragette.
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When you're wide awake say it for goodness sake, it's gonna be a great day.
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People don't like land mines, especially the survivors and the people who are living in the countries with them. They think they are cowardly, like we do, so I think it's down to the governments to actually just listen to the people and sign the treaty and get rid of all these things and there would be an end to it.
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I'm not into, Hey, what's your sign? or any of that. But I don't know how I got here, and I don't know how I write songs. I don't know why I breathe.
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And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.
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I love to hear a choir. I love the humanity... to see the faces of real people devoting themselves to a piece of music. I like the teamwork. It makes me feel optimistic about the human race when I see them cooperating like that.
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I love the past. There are parts of the past I hate, of course.
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Long live all us crazy soldiers Who were born under calico skies May we never be called to handle All the weapons of war we despise
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One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen.
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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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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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I tried heroin just the once. Even then, I didn't realize I'd taken it. I was just handed something, smoked it, then found out what it was. It didn't do anything for me, which was lucky because I wouldn't have fancied heading down that road.
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We were pretty good mates until the Beatles started to split up and Yoko came into it. It was more like old army buddies splitting up on account of wedding bells.
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Live a little be a gypsy, get around. Get your feet up off the ground, live a little, get around.
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For tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun...
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Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don't always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on.
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The thing you must remember is that I'm the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did love him
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I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway. Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John's death.
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I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not write savage lyrics.
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I've got to admit it's getting better. It's a little better all the time.