“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.”
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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.”
“So many times, I will have people tell me what I did when I was younger. There's so much being written [about] the early Beatles period, and even pre-Beatles period. And people will say, "Oh, he did that because that, and that happened because of that." And I'll be reading and think, "Well, that didn't happen" and, "That's not why I did that." Like anyone's history, you remember what went down better than people who weren't there.”
“Sometimes 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.”
“People don't like land mines, especially the survivors and the people who are living in the countries with them. They think they are cowardly, like we do, so I think it's down to the governments to actually just listen to the people and sign the treaty and get rid of all these things and there would be an end to it.”
“My thing is about following the accidental, more than trying to paint an accurate bowl of apples. I enjoy most following the paint. It leads me somewhere else. I think I enjoy just letting the magic unfold and letting the spirit of the paint tell me where we're going.”
“I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not write savage lyrics.”
“I think the pop industry is still a young man's game.”
“I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .”
“It was a period when they used to read into our lyrics a lot, used to think there was more in them than there was.”
“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.”
“I'm mad, you know? I don't think of retiring at all.”
“Looking back, I think I was always musical. My dad was very musical, and I think my mom was musical.”
“I think when you're making an album, as the songs are piling up, one of the good things about it is that you will often write the song that you need.”
“I mean if there are going to be missiles that are going off and there are going to be going off over Canadian airspace whether we want it or not, no I don't think that is acceptable. I think that we want to be at the table.”
“I really think Canada should get over to Iraq as quickly as possible.”
“I think having an outsider's viewpoint is interesting and good, especially for a comedian.”
“People will pay exactly what things are worth give or take a few bucks. You might pay a few bucks more if you like the dealer and think the dealer will take care of you, but most people are going to the internet and don't care about that. I don't think that hard earned money is given away.”
“I think Donald Trump understands there's a Constitution. And that those separate but equal branches of government give us a limited government. And he believes that.”
“I think the Democrats are trying to say is like in February [2017] it goes away and you won`t have your health care plan tomorrow. That`s not what we`re talking about.”