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Being in the audience actually looks like quite a lot of fun.
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I used to think that all my Wings stuff was second-rate stuff, but I began to meet younger kids, not kids from my Beatle generation, who would say, We really love this song.
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Lady Madonna lying on the bed Listen to the music playing in your head.
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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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It's like a lot of kids; when you tell them someone's died, they laugh.
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Animation is not just for children - it's also for adults who take drugs.
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Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
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Most people don't know that I invented the selfie.
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I think that selling rights is a bad move commercially, not just morally. It cheapens the songs. When people come to my concerts, they often hold up candles when we do "Let It Be." I don't think they'd do that anymore if the song suddenly became part of an Oldsmobile ad.
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It comes in handy in situations like that. People always expect you to be riding around in stretch limousines all the time, but I will sometimes take public transportation if it's convenient, and it does surprise people, you see the heads turn.
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He is a terrible planner, though. So am I.
Linda McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings -
People who paint, including myself, get to a point where a bit of angst comes in. If you're doing it for a living, it's worth it to suffer those slings and arrows.
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Buy, buy, says the sign in the shop window; Why, why, says the junk in the yard.
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Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play Now I need a place to hide away. Oh, I believe in yesterday.
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You guys ready to do this?
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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.
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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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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 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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We both came from families in which parents got married, had children and the whole thing. So we were not the kind of people to live together permanently.
Linda McCartney Paul McCartney and Wings
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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 just always enjoy it; if you really enjoy what you do, you don't want to stop.
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Microphones are just like people, if you shout at them, they get scared.
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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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