Paul McCartney -one of the pillars of The Beatles and with the title of knight granted by the british crown– has always been faithful to one philosophy of life what is he looking for welfare and the emotional balance first of all.
In this sense, in the first book of poems and lyrics that he published in 2011, he shared a moving idea and that can function as a refuge for bad times.
On one of its pages, as compiled in a note from the Spanish site OK Diario, it indicated: “Sadness is not sadness, it is happiness with a black jacket.”
His reflection did not end there. The following lines rounded out his idea: «Tears are not tears, they are balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death, it is life that jumped from a high cliff.»
The sorrows for McCartney
These fragments, following the OK Diario note, allow us to see that for McCartney the sadness It is not something exclusively negative.
Quite the opposite. According to your vision, sorrows would be an extension of happinessan emotion that retains its essence even when it is tinged with loss or nostalgia.
In the same way, the ex Beatle associated the tears with joy. On the other hand, the most sensitive point is that it takes death as a continuity of life.
More notable quotes from Sir Paul
- «The thing is, we really are the same person. We are four parts of one.»
- “I’m always writing songs and I have a lot I want to record.”
- “Microphones are like people, if you shout at them they get scared.”
- “I think French girls are fabulous.”
- “In the end, the love you receive is equal to the love you make.”
- “If you can play your stuff in a pub, you’ve got a good band.»
- “It’s also not unusual for writers to look back Because that’s your source of resources.”
- «I didn’t get into music to get a job. I got into music to avoid a job and get a lot of girls.»
- “Putting two songs together – I always liked that trick when it worked.”
- “Think globally, act locally.”
- “I think the pop industry is still a young man’s game.”
- “I can’t deal with the press, I hate all those Beatles questions.”
- “You can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats his animal companions.”
- «None of us wanted to be the bassist. In our minds he was the fat guy who always played in the back.»
- “I’m always trying to make better music.”
- “I don’t know if I’ve written my best song yet. That’s the big question.»
- «Someone told me: The Beatles are anti-materialists. That’s a big myth. John and I used to sit down and say let’s write a swimming pool.»
- «I can’t do without homeopathy. In fact I never go anywhere without homeopathic remedies. I often make use of them.»
- “Animation is not just for children, it is also for adults who take drugs.”
- «I’m alive and well and not worried about the rumors of my death. But if I were dead I would be the last to know.»
- «The Beatles were always a great band. No more, no less.»
- «It’s time to become a little boy to build a better kind of future. What do you think?»
- «Looking back I think I was always musical. My father was very musical and I think my mother was musical.»
- “I am not religious but I am very spiritual.”
- “It is time to put an end to the cruel slaughter of whales and leave these magnificent creatures alone.”
- “Rumors of my death were greatly exaggerated.”
- «I am an eternal optimist. No matter how hard life gets, there is always a light somewhere. The sky may be cloudy but just seeing a little blue makes me keep going.»
- “I hate the idea of success stealing your private life.”
- “Nothing pleases me more than walking into a room and walking out with a piece of music.”
- “I haven’t practiced how to be a singer without an instrument.”
- «I definitely looked up to John. We all looked up to John. He was the oldest and the leader. He was the fastest and the smartest.»
- «But with writers there’s nothing wrong with melancholy. It’s an important color in writing.»
- “I don’t work to be ordinary.”
- “People can judge a man’s true character by the way he treats animals.”
- “Animation is not just for children, it is also for adults who take drugs.”
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