In 1997, Ono compared Lennon to Mozart while McCartney, she said, more closely resembled his less-talented rival Salieri.

" was memorable for McCartney, who in 1984 said that it required " a great deal of nerve to just jump up and scream like an idiot.

McCartney, by contrast, said that it was fine as it was (" It's great.

On a visit to Los Angeles in April, Paul McCartney played Wilson a song from the album, " She's Leaving Home "; later Wilson was said to be " deeply affected " by hearing a tape of another song, " A Day in the Life ".

* McCartney, who had just released his own album, London Town, always answered, “ No comment .” According to Innes: “ He had a dinner at some awards thing at the same table as Eric one night and Eric said it was a little frosty .” Idle claimed McCartney changed his mind because his wife Linda thought it was funny.

" Rumours started to decline when, on 7 November 1969, Life magazine published a contemporary interview with McCartney in which he said,

Paul McCartney said that Lennon gave instructions to Martin as to how he wished the orchestration to be scored, including singing most of the parts as a guide.

" In 1974, McCartney said, " That wasn't ' I buried Paul ' at all — that was John saying ' cranberry sauce '.

In a radio interview at the time, McCartney said he was not upset because Humperdinck's song was a " completely different type of thing ".

In a 2004 interview, Paul McCartney said that the song is about LSD, stating, " A song like ' Got to Get You Into My Life ,' that's directly about pot, although everyone missed it at the time.

In his biography, Paul McCartney: Many Years from Now, McCartney recalled: " So first of all I checked this melody out, and people said to me, ' No, it's lovely, and I'm sure it's all yours.

McCartney said the breakthrough with the lyrics came during a trip to Portugal in May 1965:

Concert organizers have subsequently said that they were particularly keen to ensure that at least one surviving member of The Beatles, ideally Paul McCartney, took part in the concert as they felt that having an ' elder statesman ' from British music would give it greater legitimacy in the eyes of the political leaders whose opinions the performers were trying to shape.

McCartney agreed to perform and has said that it was " the management " – his children – that persuaded him to take part.

" We'd been very good friends for millions of years and I thought it was a bit much for them suddenly to be personae non gratae and out of my life ," McCartney said.

McCartney said, " I started with the idea ' Hey Jules ,' which was Julian, don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better.

" McCartney thus left the line in, and later said "... when I play that song, that's the line when I think of John, and sometimes I get a little emotional during that moment.

In 1994, McCartney said, " Ringo walked out to go to the toilet and I hadn't noticed.

In a 1994 interview, McCartney said, " We were joking when we made the Anthology: I was saying: ' I realise I was a bossy git.

He said McCartney was " oblivious to anyone else's feelings in the studio ," and that he was driven to make the best possible record, at almost any cost.

After twelve takes, McCartney said, " I think that's enough " and filming concluded.

Richard Morgan, representing Christie's, said McCartney had provided no evidence that he had ever owned the piece of paper on which the lyrics were written.

When McCulloch phoned Paul McCartney, who had found him increasingly difficult to work with, to announce he was joining Marriott, McCartney reportedly said " I was a little put out at first, but, well, what can you say to that?

The third collection featured out-takes and demos from The White Album, Abbey Road, and Let It Be as well as several songs from Harrison and McCartney which later became post-Beatle tracks.

The album is a collection of kid-friendly songs by popular artists ( e. g. Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, and Elton John ), with proceeds given to the Pediatric AIDS Foundation.

In 2008, fashion designer Stella McCartney used a “ 7-meter high, 14-meter wide ” Fuzzy Felt backdrop, created by artists Jake and Dinos Chapman, as a visual accent for the debut of her 2008 spring / summer collection in Paris.

* For The Stars, a collection of rock and pop songs ( by the likes of Brian Wilson, Andersson-Ulvaeus and Lennon – McCartney ), with Elvis Costello and Svante Henryson – Deutsche Grammophon

In 2001, Stella McCartney launched her own fashion house under her name in a joint venture with Gucci Group ( now the PPR Luxury Group ) and showed her first collection in Paris.

In November 2010, the Stella McCartney Kids collection was launched for newborns and children up to age 12.

The critically acclaimed sports performance collection “ adidas by Stella McCartney ,” has since successfully grown to include several athletic disciplines including running, gym, yoga, tennis, swimming, golf, winter sports and triathlon.

In January 2010, McCartney announced she would be collaborating with Disney to create an Alice in Wonderland-inspired jewelry collection.

In 2009, after a 45-year partnership with EMI, Paul McCartney decided to end all ties with them and move his entire collection of solo material to One Little Indian Records, giving them the rights to repackage and re-release some of his most prized records .< ref >

The Langley Schools Music Project is a collection of recordings of children's choruses singing pop hits by the likes of The Beach Boys, Paul McCartney, and David Bowie.

" Drive My Car " is a song primarily written by Paul McCartney, with lyrical contributions from John Lennon, and first released by The Beatles on the British version of the 1965 album Rubber Soul ; it also appeared in North America on the Yesterday and Today collection.

In March 2007, the exclusive Australian launch of the Stella McCartney designer collection, was heralded as one of the biggest retail coups of the year.

Target engaged Stella McCartney to design a 42-piece winter collection and Australian media noted frenzied activity in Target stores on the morning of the launch.

Another Stella McCartney collection was released in October 2010, to lesser fanfare.

It was one of few McCartney solo songs to be banned by the BBC.

While the group was together, every song written by Lennon or McCartney was credited as Lennon – McCartney regardless of whether the song was a collaboration or written solely by one of the two ( except for those appearing on their first album, Please Please Me, which credited the songs to McCartney – Lennon ).

After Lennon's death, McCartney once again attempted to change the order to " McCartney – Lennon " for songs such as " Yesterday " that were solely or predominantly written by him, but Ono would not allow it, saying she felt this broke an agreement that the two had made while Lennon was still alive.

In 2002, McCartney released another live album, Back in the U. S. Live 2002, and the 19 Beatles ' songs included are described as " composed by Paul McCartney and John Lennon ".

The track listing included covers of songs by Paul McCartney, Paul Simon, Leonard Cohen and Richard and Linda Thompson, Blind Willie Johnson, Tom Waits and The Low Anthem.

Of the album's fourteen songs, eight were written by Lennon – McCartney ( originally credited " McCartney – Lennon "), early evidence of what Rolling Stone later called " invention of the idea of the self-contained rock band, writing their own hits and playing their own instruments ".

The album marked a minor turning point in the evolution of the Lennon – McCartney partnership, John Lennon particularly now showing interest in composing songs of a more autobiographical nature.

Even the prolific Lennon – McCartney songwriting team could not keep up with the demand for their songs, and with a targeted deadline of Christmas to meet, the band resorted to recording several cover versions for the album.

At this stage in their collaboration, Lennon's and McCartney's songwriting was highly collaborative ; even when songs had a primary author the other would often contribute key parts, as with " No Reply " where McCartney provided a middle-eight for what was otherwise almost entirely a Lennon song.

Other McCartney songs on the album included " What You're Doing ", which implored the singer's girlfriend to " stop your lying ".

Although most of the songs on any given Beatles album are usually credited to the Lennon – McCartney songwriting team, that description is often misleading, and rarely more so than on The Beatles.

The other 14 songs from the CD ( all songs from the original LP release ) have all had John Lennon and Paul McCartney added to the songwriting credits along with Neil Innes.

Most of his appearances on SNL have been on Weekend Update, including one where he reported that " The take at the shrines in Italy has gone down " which he suggested correcting by creating " Shrinemobiles " and thus taking the shrines to where the people were, and another where he is sent to London to try to wake up Paul McCartney at 4: 30 in the morning ( 11: 30 in New York ) by throwing coins, obnoxiously singing The Beatles and Wings songs, and finally, throwing a rock at the window ( he says it works every time ).

The pre-The Beatles band The Quarrymen performed the song during 1956 early live performances along with other Presley songs, Paul McCartney later also made another cover of the song in Chaos and Creation at Abbey Road, performing it with Bill Black's bass.

The performance was unusual for the show because McCartney had played the two standard songs that musical guests play, then had played a third song (" A Day in the Life ").

In reference to John Lennon and Paul McCartney-who were usually credited as " Lennon / McCartney " with respect of the songs they wrote-Rio and his band colleague and best friend R. P. S.

Jane Asher dated The Beatles ' Paul McCartney between 1963 and 1968, and Peter and Gordon recorded several songs written by McCartney but credited to Lennon – McCartney.