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And Finally
Beatles man on being on drugs (or not)
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 28 May 2010
Paul McCartney has been discussing drugs and the use of them when making music in an interview with The Telegraph. It sounds like it was a slightly awkward moment.
Asked how important LSD and marijuana were to the creation of The Beatles’ music, McCartney said: “Um, er, probably quite important. It was a development thing.It’s difficult – I think the answer is quite… It certainly made us stretch further than we might otherwise, from ‘Rubber Soul’ onwards. But I have the problem now – now that things have got a bit out of control – of not wanting to be seen advocating it. Cos we did some pretty good work before that, as well. It’s not a requirement”.
