What are some examples of Paul saying one thing, and then saying something else himself later? After that Bob Spitz interview, I'm curious.
"It's true I didn't care for Stu, but I wasn't against him personally. He just couldn't play bass. That was all there was to it." (1981)
"He and I used to have a deadly rivarly. I don’t know why. He was older and a strong friend of John’s. When I look back on it, I think we were probably fighting for John’s attention." (1997)
About the two beetles on RAM:
"Linda took a photograph of two beetles copulating. Of course, this got totally misconstrued, because for us it was just an amazing wildlife picture. Linda just took it as a photo and we liked it, so we put it in." (2021)
"We couldn't resist it just because of the way it looked. She'd caught these two beetles f*king, and then the significance hit us. We saw that pun, yeah, thought why not?" (1997)
About John's gay rumours:
"There were other clues. Things that straight people might call sexual deviances. I wouldn’t call them that. I’d call it a bit of a lad on the loose. (1992)
"There was never any hint of that." (2008)
About Let Me Roll It's use of tape echo:
"I still don’t think it sounds like him [John], but that’s your opinion. I can dig it if it sounds that way to you." (1976)
"John loved this tape echo [...] I’m acknowledging that by using it here. I remember first singing ‘Let Me Roll It’ and thinking, ‘Yeah, this is very like a John song.’ (2021)
"It's a love song really. Not to John, but about John." (1989)
"Here Today. I love song to John." (2021)
About "The Night We Cried" (this one isn't necessarily a contradiction, but a reframing):
"We stayed up all night, all of us together, chatting about everything, and there came a moment when we..um..cried. Which we had never done. I'm not sure, but the likely explanation is that John and I had both lost our mothers." (2010)
"We got very drunk and cried about how we loved each other. ‘Oh, you were great when you –– I love that.’ We started [and] it all came out. On the way to that, there was a lot of soul-searching. We told each other a few truths. ‘Well, I love you. I love you, man. I love that you said that. I love you.’ (2022)
Just rememebr that Paul once said “I’m a smoke-screen expert since John got shot. I lie all the time. It’s the price of fame. I used to laugh at that, but there’s a price for everything."(1993, X)
