Paul McCartney nearly quit music

Paul McCartney almost quit music after the Beatles split in 1970. The musician, 80, ended up launching his band Wings with then-wife Linda McCartney in 1971. Answering a fan question from Twitter, he wrote on his website: “Once (The Beatles) had finished, I didn't know what to do with myself, and trying something new was really risky. Then, of course, having Linda in Wings, when she was not a `musician,' was a risk too. When the reviews started to come in a lot of them focused on her, asking, ` What's she doing in the band?' And that was hurtful. But I rationalized it by thinking about when we started The Beatles and none of us knew our chords — over time we got better and picked things up.”