McCartney Times

SIR Paul McCartney has revealed he started drinking heavily and came close to quitting music after The Beatles broke up.The music superstar said he ended up forming Wings when he stopped enjoying the party lifestyle.Reflecting on his life and career at a recording of Mastertapes for Radio 4, he said: “I was breaking from my lifelong friends, not knowing whether I was going to continue in music. I took to the bevvies. I took to a wee dram. It was great at first, then suddenly I wasn’t having a good time. It wasn’t working. I wanted to get back to square one, so I ended up forming Wings.”Sir Paul also acknowledged that some of the criticism levelled at Wings was fair but he doesn’t regret collaborating with his wife Linda, who died in 1998.He said: “To be fair we weren’t that good. We were terrible. We knew Linda couldn’t play but she learned and, looking back on it, I’m really glad we did it.

Source: Paul McCartney: I almost quit music after Beatles split – The Irish News