Paul McCartney has finally spoken out about the painful reality behind the Beatles’ breakup.
In his new book, Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run (out November 4), the former Beatle revealed how the end of the iconic band left him broken.
As revealed by The Guardian, Paul admitted: “In many ways I was dead…”
“A 27-year-old on the cusp of becoming an ex-Beatle, drowning in a sea of legal and personal conflicts that were sapping my energy, in need of a complete life transformation,” he wrote, according to the outlet.
Adding that he wondered if he would ever be able to move on from an “incredible decade” with the Beatles.
The confession comes as Paul McCartney revisits his famous “Paul is dead” conspiracy, the 1960s rumors that he had died and been replaced by a lookalike.
Although the musician admitted he laughed about it all the time, he now admits the line wasn’t entirely false.
Additionally, Paul found healing by escaping to a quiet farm in Scotland with his wife Linda. “For the first time in years, I felt free, suddenly ruling and directing my own life,” he wrote.
The Beatles, whose members Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, disbanded in 1970.
