Paul McCartney gave an interview to John Lennon's son in which he also talks about his relationship and the reconciliation with Lennon.
Paul McCartney (78, "Hey Jude") is grateful to this day that he was reconciled with his former bandmate after years of arguments before John Lennon (1940-1980) died. Speaking to Lennon's son Sean (44, "Dead Meat"), he said at an event on Lennon's 80th birthday that he was "very happy" to have "reconnected" with Lennon before his death in 1980.
The Daily Mail quotes McCartney: "I always say to people, one of the greatest things for me was that after all the rubbish with the Beatles and the arguments and business disagreements … that I'm happy after all of this that your father and I have found each other again. " The musician goes on to say that knowing about it gives him strength to this day: "It would have really hurt my heart if we hadn't made up."
"We complemented each other"
Meanwhile, McCartney reports on the relationship with his former friend and colleague Lennon: "Man, we complemented each other. It was Ying and Yang. They say about marriages, opposites attract. And I wouldn't say that we were absolutely opposites, but I had some things he didn't and he had things I didn't. When you put this together, something new happens, and I think that's it. "
Lennon is said to have confessed to his colleagues in 1969 that he wanted to leave the band. In 1970 McCartney first publicly announced that he would no longer work with the Beatles – and so after only ten years announced the split of the most successful band in the world. A legal battle ensued and months in which the breakup and its unsightly circumstances dominated the headlines.
McCartney also sees the breakup of the band with different eyes in the flashback: "I think what it was (the problem) was the fact that the Beatles are breaking up, which was a very difficult time for us, it was like a divorce. It is very difficult to organize your own thoughts and be happy. "