"The night before had been a particularly long one, it was the only time he ever spoke about it, nothing about his relationship, it was just more of a feeling that I had than anything, that he just missed that closeness... just a perception. My God, he misses John - that it was a huge hole in his life." (Steve Holley, recalling 1979)
“Paul turned to Linda and one or two friends and told them that it reminded him of the famously trippy session for “All you need is love”. ‘It was that same vibe. I just looked around and there were all these flowers and happy faces smiling up at me.’ Another sip or two, and he began murmuring huskily, “John…. John…." (Christopher Sandford, about an incident from 1980)
"Occasionally, it wells up. Y'know, and I'm at home on the weekend suddenly and I start thinking about him or talking to the kids about him and I can't handle it." (Paul, 1987)
"Not a day goes by when I don't think of John.” (Paul, 1991)
"When I talked to Paul about John and when he missed John most, he couldn't answer me for a long time and his eyes teared up. And I asked him where he thinks about John and when John comes into his mind and he just…he lost it, he completely lost it." (Bob Spitz, recalling a conversation that took place in the 90s)
"I miss him a lot, and any time you could bring him back I’d be grateful, so that I could sit him down and get him to sort out some of the problems with my songs. But, knowing that’s not possible, I miss him, yeah, as you would miss any great collaborator. And he was the greatest. He and I, for each other, were it." (Paul, 2004)
"He misses John. The lost of his best friend since the age of 15 has made him slightly nuts. As my boss at EMI once said to me, "Get the nutters, Dave. Get the artists who are damaged. They're the ones who are going to be stars!" (David Ambrose, former EMI executive, 2019)
"These days, even when I'm writing a song, I will kind of check with him just mentally, you know? 'Does this suck, like I think it does? Right, let's get rid of it. Start again,'. So, I really miss that, and I know he missed contact with me, too." (Paul, 2023)
"I love the fact that it’s Paul just having the cassette in his possession and… I think he just misses John and he wants to work on a song with him. It’s just as simple as that." (Giles Martin, 2023)
"I love just looking at old pictures of the guys, for example, ones of John with his glasses; obviously it’s hugely sad, because I miss him so much. But this just reminds me of growing up with him and all the pleasant memories." (Paul, 2024)
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