Paul McCartney knew he'd never top The Beatles — and that's just fine with him

Paul McCartney knew he'd never top The Beatles — and that's just fine with him Enlarge this image toggle caption Fiona Adams/Redferns/Getty Images Fiona Adams/Redferns/Getty Images It's been more than 50 years since The Beatles disbanded, and Paul McCartney wants to set the record straight: "It's always looked like I broke up The Beatles, and that wasn't the case," he says. Pepper's "A Day in the Life" "Because I'd been listening to a lot of avant-garde music at that time, just for my own pleasure and just to examine the scene and just see if I liked it, I thought that this orchestral cascade, this sort of mountain of orchestra and kind of quite chaotic, would be a good idea at this point in the song 'A Day in the Life.' Enlarge this image toggle caption Hulton Archive/Getty Images Hulton Archive/Getty Images On The Beatles' time in India to learn meditation "Everyone, including us, was doing a lot of drugs and that can burn you out, as anyone who's done it knows. Enlarge this image toggle caption Terry Fincher/Getty Images Terry Fincher/Getty Images On correcting the record that Paul didn't break up The Beatles "When I put my first album out, after The Beatles, I was sent a questionnaire that asked various questions about The Beatles.