Paul McCartney quotes - page 5

Somewhere down the line everyone must pay for their misdeeds. (Paul McCartney)
My so-called career is a haphazard thing. View quote
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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. View quote
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But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp. View quote
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I look a lot busier than I am, as I'm actually a rather sporadic, random person and I'll play a few gigs and then disappear for a while. View quote
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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. View quote
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It (LSD) opened my eyes. We only use on-tenth of our brain. Just think of what we could accomplish if we could only tap that hidden part It would mean a whole new world if the politicians would take LSD. There wouldn't be any more war or poverty or famine. View quote
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Why would I retire? Sit at home and watch TV? No thanks. I'd rather be out playing. View quote
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I'm not religious, but I'm very spiritual. View quote
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To get a big hit single you've got to go a bit dance. You've got to go a bit Britney. I don't think I can do that - well, I could but it wouldn't look very seemly. View quote
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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. (Paul McCartney)
It's also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. View quote
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So, if I'm cooking, I'll be steaming vegetables, making some nice salad, that kind of stuff. View quote
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I'm often reading a magazine and hearing about someone's new record, and I think: "Oh, boy, that's gonna be better than me". It's a very common thing. View quote
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But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing. View quote
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It's been my ambition for about 30 years to do a full-length animation film. View quote
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Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds actually wasn't meant to say LSD. It was a drawing that John's son brought home from school. Lucy was a kid in his school. View quote
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We were a savage little lot, Liverpool kids, not pacifist or vegetarian or anything. But I feel I've gone beyond that, and that it was immature to be so prejudiced and believe in all the stereotypes. View quote
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I think the pop industry is still a young man's game. View quote
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We don't eat anything that has to be killed for us. We've been through a lot and we've reached a stage where we really value life. View quote
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I'm singing 'English Tea' from my new album 'Chaos and Creation in the Backyard.' I have a cup of tea in the morning, so it's something good to wake up to. (Paul McCartney)
I'm a pretty hands-on dad and make the most of my custody. I take care of my little one whenever I can, and she determines what I can do and where I can do it. View quote
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I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record. View quote
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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. View quote
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By the time we made Abbey Road, John and I were openly critical of each other's music, and I felt John wasn't much interested in performing anything he hadn't written himself. View quote
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