Paul McCartney says he was in too much “emotional pain” to keep The Beatles going after John Lennon left. The Fab Four, seen by most critics as the most influential band of all time, split in 1970 after John married Yoko Ono.
US radio host Howard Stern had asked Sir Paul: “Why didn’t you say to yourself ‘I am going to keep the Beatles going, and I am going to do it with George and Ringo’?” He replied: “When families break up, it’s to do with the emotion and the emotional pain. “You can’t just think of a smart idea like that at the time.
You’re hurting too much so it wasn't going to happen.” Sir Paul also acknowledged the band did not give George Harrison enough credit as a songwriter: “It was easy to underestimate George because me and
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