When you're wide awake say it for goodness sake, it's gonna be a great day. Paul McCartney More Quotes by Paul McCartney More Quotes From Paul McCartney ...We can work it out. Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting, my friend. Paul McCartney fighting time birthday I definitely did look up to John. We all looked up to John. He was older and he was very much the leader; he was the quickest wit and the smartest. Paul McCartney look-up leader looks It's like if you're an astronaut and you've been to the moon, what do you want to do with the rest of your life? Paul McCartney rest-of-your-life moon want I'm not religious, but I'm very spiritual. Paul McCartney religious spiritual There are two things John and I always do when we're going to sit down and write a song. First of all we sit down. Then we think about writing a song. Paul McCartney writing song thinking John's time and effort were, in the main, spent on pretty honorable stuff. As for the other side, well, nobody's perfect, nobody's Jesus. And look what they did to him. Paul McCartney effort perfect jesus When I write, there are times -- not always -- when I hear John (Lennon) in my head, ... I'll think, OK, what would we have done here?, and I can hear him gripe or approve. Paul McCartney done writing thinking It's also not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. Paul McCartney unusual pool looks But you know, as a kid I would have thought of a vegetarian as a wimp. Paul McCartney wimps vegetarian kids I took my brains out and stretched them on the rack, now I'm not too sure I'm gonna get them back. Paul McCartney racks brain philosophy George wrote Taxman, and I played guitar on it. He wrote it in anger at finding out what the taxman did. He had never known before then what could happen to your money. Paul McCartney finding-the-one guitar anger I go back so far I'm in front of me. Paul McCartney fronts Sadness isn't sadness. It's happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They're balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It's life that's jumped off a tall cliff. Paul McCartney laughter sadness black 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. Paul McCartney rocks song long Trumpets are a bit more adventurous; they're drunk! Trumpeters are generally drunk. It wets their whistle. Paul McCartney adventurous drunk drinking What's wrong with sentimental? Sentimental means you like stuff. Paul McCartney sentimental stuff mean If anyone had told me in the '60s that 20 years later we'd still be talking about whether pot was worse than this or that, I'd have said, Oh, come off it, boys. Paul McCartney talking boys years One of my biggest thrills for me still is sitting down with a guitar or a piano and just out of nowhere trying to make a song happen. Paul McCartney guitar music song I think it's something to do with the structural quality of the songs. We weren't actually trying to make stuff that was cool, or of the moment, although a lot of it was. We were trying to make stuff that was good enough to stick around and lo and behold, it has. Paul McCartney song trying thinking The planet is under pressure and our choices have never been more important. The Food Revolution Summit is an informative and empowering platform which highlights ways to set a new pattern for the future of the planet. Paul McCartney empowering important choices
