I realize now that taking drugs was like taking an aspirin without having a headache.
Paul McCartneyWhen you first get money, you buy all these things so no one thinks you're mean, and you spread it around. You get a chauffeur and you find yourself thrown around the back of this car and you think, I was happier when I had my own little car! I could drive myself!
Paul McCartneyLive a little be a gypsy, get around. Get your feet up off the ground, live a little, get around.
Paul McCartneyMy dad, bless him, was a musician. And his dad had thought that his music was rubbish.
Paul McCartneySometimes when you write a thing you think, 'Oh, this is good', and it's not a modesty or an immodesty thing, you just... it's just the same with anything; when you write a piece you just figure, 'Oh yeah, I'm on a roll here. This is good; I'm getting the hang of this'. Some pieces are better than others.
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