Yoko did not break up the Beatles
So says Sir Paul McCartney in his latest interview with David Frost. Paul gave Frost the exclusive hour long interview on Aljazeera’s English TV channel.
Paul McCartney is usually very private and does not give away interviews longer than 15 minutes. This rare hour long interview is a chance for Frost to return to his longer interview format that he’s known for ever since his epic Frost/Nixon interview (there’s a great movie about it)
In the interview Paul mentions that Yoko was a source of inspiration for John Lennon and that she opened up a new side of Lennon that wouldn’t have come to fruition, a more avant garde scene that the British boys had not experienced. Paul goes so far as to say that songs like Imagine would not exist if it weren’t for Yoko’s influence on John Lennon. Paul makes it clear, for all of those fans who keep blaming Yoko for the breakup of the Beatles, that the real reason behind the breakup has more to do with band manager Allen Klein who replaced the beloved Brian Epstein after his death.
With time and age, Paul also mentions that the most important role in his life is being a father of five and a grandfather. “Being a father, grandfather, is my coolest thing.” says the former Beatle
English: John Lennon and Yoko Ono (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
- Paul McCartney: Yoko Ono did not break up the Beatles (guardian.co.uk)
- Paul McCartney: Yoko wasn’t to blame for Beatles split (contactmusic.com)
- McCartney: Yoko wasn’t to blame for Beatles split… it was the manager who took over after Brian Epstein (thisismoney.co.uk)
