"I've seen my own DNA": Paul McCartney on his LSD experience with the Beatles in the 1960s

Paul McCartney also admits that taking acid changed him forever and that he does not rule out trying it again, although he prefers not to.
PUBLISHED SEP 12, 2018

Paul McCartney recently turned 76, and it looks like he has no plans of slowing down. The former Beatle released his 18th solo studio album Egypt Station last week, his first original full-length effort since 2013's New.

It also looks like Macca is still keener than ever to share mind-blowing anecdotes from his seven-decade-plus career as a living rock legend. In a new, detailed interview with GQ, the singer-songwriter touched upon a host of topics -- from much tamer topics like his reply to Quincy Jones calling him the "worst bass player ever" and his friendship with Kanye West, to much more risque anecdotes like the decadent Beatles orgies and masturbating alongside John Lennon, McCartney doled out several eyebrow-raising anecdotes from the old days as well as the new.

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