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Paul McCartney: Yoko Ono Didn't Break Up the Beatles
- Posted on Oct 29th 2012 1:15PM by Dan Reilly
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Now, according to the BBC, Paul McCartney is telling fans to leave Yoko alone. In an interview with famed TV newsman David Frost that will be broadcast next month, Sir Paul said, "She certainly didn't break the group up."
"I don't think you can blame her for anything," he also said, adding that John Lennon was "definitely going to leave" the quartet.
On top of that, McCartney went out of his way to praise Ono's influence on Lennon, claiming that John never would have written "Imagine" without her.
"When Yoko came along, part of her attraction was her avant garde side, her view of things. She showed him another way to be, which was very attractive to him. So it was time for John to leave."
The interview will air on Al Jazeera English TV in November.
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I 'd say Sir Paul is a natural kind person to always say good things to other people no matter what went on. We need to see more like him in this world.
November 03 2012 at 11:26 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySo he says that, "she certainly didn't break the group up." Then at the end of this article, he explains how Yoko's influence made it "time for John to leave," (which effectively broke up the group). Which is it, Paul?
October 29 2012 at 4:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySure he would say that. I don't believe a word he says. It was obvious she was the cause of the change in John and the Beatles.
October 29 2012 at 1:42 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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