Paul McCartney Quotes
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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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At the end of the Beatles, I really was done in for the first time in my life. Until then, I really was a kind of cocky sod.
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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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And I loved Fats Waller. I love his instrumental abilities, his vocal abilities and his sense of humor.
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For tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun...
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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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If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian [Epstein].
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Many years ago I was fishing, and as I was reeling in the poor fish, I realised, 'I am killing him - all for the passing pleasure it brings me'. Something inside me clicked. I realised as I watched him fight for breath that his life was as important to him as mine is to me.
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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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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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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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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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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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In the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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We would normally play it to Cynthia or whoever was around
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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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If there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles.
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Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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I have always adored Mahler, and Mahler was a major influence on the music of the Beatles. John and me used to sit and do the Kindertotenlieder and Wunderhorn for hours, we'd take turns singing and playing the piano. We thought Mahler was gear.
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My thing is about following the accidental, more than trying to paint an accurate bowl of apples. I enjoy most following the paint. It leads me somewhere else. I think I enjoy just letting the magic unfold and letting the spirit of the paint tell me where we're going.
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George Martin, he's very good at a very sort of lush, sweet arrangement.
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There are only four people who knew what the Beatles were about anyway.
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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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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.