Creativity Quote by Paul McCartney

McCartney’s line lands with the unnerving softness of a confession that knows it’s being recorded for posterity. “I never really got on that well with Yoko anyway” is blunt, almost domestically phrased, as if the breakup of the century were a minor social mismatch. That understatement is doing heavy work: it positions him as honest without sounding petty, while quietly acknowledging the long-standing Beatles narrative in which Yoko Ono is treated as both symbol and scapegoat.

The second sentence flips the knife with a calm that feels involuntary: “Strangely enough, I only started to get to know her after John’s death.” “Strangely enough” is the tell. It signals awareness of how backward the timing is, and it preemptively disarms judgment. McCartney isn’t just describing an irony; he’s admitting to a kind of emotional procrastination that fame encourages. When someone is alive, conflict can be sustained indefinitely because there’s always another tour, another interview, another day to avoid the awkward room. Death cancels that illusion and forces the survivors into new alignments.

The subtext is grief, but also reputation management. McCartney has spent decades navigating a public story where any criticism of Yoko can sound like punching down or rewriting history. This phrasing lets him hold two truths at once: the relationship was difficult, and the person became legible only after the legend was gone. It’s an admission of distance that doubles as a late attempt at tenderness.