The Beatles' Separation, According To Paul McCartney, Was "Initiated" By John Lennon.
Written byTimes Magazine
Key Sentence:
- For nearly 50 years, Sir Paul McCartney blamed the Beatles.
The alleged evidence was a press release on McCartney's 1970 solo album, in which he revealed that he was "on vacation" from the biggest rock band. In an interview with himself, Sir Paul said that he "couldn't predict when Lennon-McCartney would return to being an active songwriting partnership."
But in a new interview with, he says John Lennon caused the breakup.
"Oh no, no, no. One day John walked into a room also said I was leaving The Beatles. And he said, 'This is pretty exciting; it's more like a divorce.' "And then we have to take the pieces." You can," said Sir Paul.
"The goal was for John to create a new life with Yoko, and he wanted to ... lay in bed from a week in Amsterdam for peace. You can't argue there. It was the toughest time from my life." That's my group, that's my job, that's my life," he added. "I want it to continue. I think we did pretty good things - Abbey Road, Let It Be, not bad - and I think we can carry on."
Sir Paul said confusion over the Beatles' split had flared because the group's new manager, Alan Klein, who refused to agree, said he needed time to connect the outside world with their business. "So in a few months, we had to pretend," he told Wilson.
Sir Paul eventually sued the rest of the band in the Supreme Court, demanding an end to their contractual relationship to keep their music out of Klein's hands. "I had to fight, also the only way to fight was to judge the other Beatles because they were with Klein," he told Wilson.
"And for that, they thanked me years later. But I didn't cause the breakup."
He has previously said archiving projects such as The Beatles anthology and Peter Jackson's upcoming documentary. Sir Paul's full interview will be featured on Radio 4's new series, This Cultural Life, air on 23 October. Following Monday there will also be recordings of the musician reading his new book "Lyrics" on BBC Sounds.
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