Sir Paul McCartney clings to three words of Lennon
Aug 25, 2009 Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney
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Recalling his relationship with John Lennon, Sir Paul McCartney said he clings to the memory of John’s glasses slipping to the end of his nose as he told him: “I love you.”
“That’s really what I hold on to. That’s what I believe. The rest is showing off,” he said.
McCartney said Lennon talked a lot of crap that he did not intend. “John said so much crap that he later said he hadn’t meant. It’s bulls***. We were there. We all enjoyed it. I never really criticised John. I’m not that critical. It’s a question of personalities,” he told the Radio Times.
McCartney and Lennon’s historic songwriting collaboration as members of The Beatles appeared to erode once the band broke up in 1970.
He denied Lennon’s claim to journalists that McCartney sabotaged songs by not committing his full creative energy to them in the studio. Sir Paul said: “Oh, he was on drugs, wasn’t he? This is the trouble with history, with journalism. Whatever bad things John said about me, he would also slip his glasses down to the end of his nose and say, ‘I love you.’”
He recalled the chemistry of the band. “John’s was more abrasive than mine and that was good for his corner of the square that made up The Beatles. If we’d had two people like that – forget it – I don’t think it would have worked.”
Source: Splash News
Tags: John Lennon, Sir Paul McCartney, The Beatles
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