Interviewer: You said in a Playboy interview that's probably more than a decade old now that all of you, and maybe especially you because you were the primary collaborator, coveted John's approval. And you were quoted as saying he was the oldest, which is indisputable-
Paul: No, it isn't, he wasn't. Ringo was the oldest.
Interviewer: But he was the older of I guess the two of you.
Paul: Older.
Interviewer: The older, right, that's correct. That is correct, let's get the chain of progression here-
Paul: Let's get the old thing here, you know-
Interviewer: Old, older, oldest-
Paul: Ringo, very old. John, senile. Me, ancient, but a little less ancient. No, go ahead.
Interviewer: So anyway. You are also quoted as saying that he was the smartest and the quickest wit.
Paul: Yeah.
Interviewer: Were you being kind, or is that true?
Paul: No, I-I-I-I certainly think that was true. I certainly think John was the quickest wit. That was- there was no doubt about that, no contest. Um, that was definitely true. Um, and we did covet his, uh, you know respect, his- his attention and stuff. I think, you know, having said that, I wouldn't mind betting he coveted ours. You know, we don't think of that. You never know. I just know what I felt, I don't know what he felt. And John was not very forthcoming about what he felt. He was quite a private person. And you'd- you'd only ever see it in tiny little instances, you know, that he- that he... I remember once, I mean once, you know one of the things I remember about John is silly little things. You don't remember all the great big moments, they just went by in a flash. You know, meeting the Queen, "Hi there." (woosh) Gone, you know. But you remember stupid little things. I remember we were kind of arguing once about something musical or something and I remember John just kinda taking his glasses down and sort of saying, "It's only me," and putting them back up again. Um, you know, so maybe he did have, uh, similar feelings towards us that we had to him, but he- he just, uh, didn't make it perhaps as obvious. But, uh, we were Lennon fans, definitely, you know? He was a great guy.
Interviewer: And when that happened, did you compliment each other?
Paul: Once.
Interviewer: One time?
Paul: John gave me a compliment.
Interviewer: In how many years?
Paul: (Laughing) Only once, the whole time. No, um, I think it was Revolver. "Here, There, and Everywhere" was one of my songs on it and um, but John sort of- just when it finishes, "That's a really good song, that. I like that." I was like, "Yes! He likes it!" you know. (Laughing) I've remembered it to this day. It's pathetic, really.
Interviewer: Did you ever heap praise on him?
Paul: Yeah, I would tell him his stuff was great. Mm- You'd normally have to be a little bit drunk. It helped.
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