It remains a fascinating exercise to wonder how John Lennon and Paul McCartney felt about each other’s songs. Bands, and especially a band’s primary songwriters, are famously competitive. This explains why it’s so difficult to keep even the most successful groups together.

John Lennon absolutely hated one side of one of The Beatles' albums, calling it "junk" and objecting to its creation to the point of refusing to play on it.

Julian Lennon said he was never told about Beatles projects as he wasn’t in the band’s inner circle, and revealed a heartbreaking career moment in January 2025.

Julian Lennon, the eldest son of the legendary Beatles singer-songwriter John Lennon, says he and his father had a rather distant relationship. "You have to realise that when Dad left, when I was between three and five (it was a bit of a process),

I visited him on the odd occasion but we were very much on the outside." But Julian went on to reference his younger brother, Yoko Ono and Lennon's son Sean, as he praised their sibling relationship,

When it comes to getting the inside scoop on The Beatles, Julian Lennon is just like the rest of us — it’s all a magical mystery to him. The 61-year-old firstborn son of the late John Lennon admits that he’s not privy to any new activity by the Fab Four,

Despite his last name, John Lennon's son Julian Lennon wants to make it clear he rarely has the inside scoop on The Beatles. "I'm not part of the inner circle - I never have been," Julian, 61, shared in an interview with The Guardian published Sunday,

John Lennon’s son, Julian Lennon, is opening up about being born and raised in the spotlight. In a recent interview with The Guardian, the photographer and musician said he is “not part of the [Beatles] inner circle” and never has been,