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 5,

John Lennon's older son Julian Lennon opens up in a new interview about how he hasn't felt connected to the Beatles throughout his life, telling 'The Guardian': 'I’m not part of the inner circle — I never have been.

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,

Julian Lennon may be the eldest son of John Lennon, but in a recent interview with The Guardian he admitted that he's not part of The Beatles' "inner circle" and never has been. The subject came up when he was asked about his thoughts on the newfound interest surrounding the Fab Four after Peter Jackson's Get Back and Martin Scorsese's Beatles '64 documentaries.

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.

After The Beatles split up there was some friendly rivalry between John Lennon and Paul McCartney. In 1972, Lennon pointed out a song he "should have written"

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,