Paul McCartney reflects on The Beatles' legacy, and describes the loss of John Lennon and George Harrison as "a bitter pill" in a new [paywalled] interview conducted with The Times newspaper. McCartney was speaking to promote the 'new' Beatles single, Now And Then, which is on course to give the iconic band their first UK number one single in 54 years.
In the interview, McCartney describes looking at photographs of his late bandmates as "bittersweet".
"The sweet is ‘How lucky was I to have those men in my life’," he explains. "But the fact that they’re not here is bitter."
McCartney also admits to having some initial reservations about working on Now And Then, which has its origins in a demo recording Lennon made at home in New York in the last '70s.
