Paul McCartney Says John Lennon Caused The Beatles' Split, Not Him: He Was 'Looking to Break Loose'
Paul McCartney.Photo: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/WireImage Paul McCartneyis clearing up some rumors. In an interview on the BBC Radio 4 interview seriesThis Cultural Lifewith John Wilson set to release later this month, McCartney revealed the truth behindThe Beatles' breakup — and said that though many believed that he instigated it — it was actuallyJohn Lennonwho did. “I didn’t instigate the split. That was our Johnny,” McCartney, 79, said of the band’s breakup in 1970, which consisted of McCartney, Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr....