There must be a better way to make the things we want, a way that doesn't spoil the sky, or the rain or the land
Paul McCartneyDomesticity is the enemy of art. I don't know if that's true. You can write good happy songs. So, I don't think it's necessarily happiness. But I think self-satisfaction is maybe the enemy. It's kind of better to think, "Tomorrow night I'm gonna sing it better." There is this forward effort. It feels to me right, it feels human.
Paul McCartneyMy arrest was on every bloody TV set. The other prisoners all knew who I was and asked me to sing.
Paul McCartneyI do have a spongelike ear or mentality or whatever you call it, but it's probably a bit subconscious.
Paul McCartneyOne of things about beards is that, when men reach a certain age, they'd like to see if they can grow one. It's a phenomenon I understand very well. After you get over the itchy face, you go, "Oh, I don't have to shave, that's cool." And then you move into the philosophical thing- people say, "You look weird, you have a beard." And you say, "No, actually, it's weird to shave." Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.
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