Overview
- McCartney says in the documentary Paul McCartney: Man on the Run, directed by Morgan Neville, that Linda’s phrase “it’s allowed” eased his fear and self‑doubt after the Beatles broke up.
- He calls Linda a freeing influence and describes her rock‑and‑roll streak and wide‑open way of thinking as a steady guide for him.
- Following the split, he formed Wings with Linda on keyboards and vocals, and the band delivered major 1970s hits like Band on the Run and Live and Let Die.
- He still praises her natural harmonies on those records, noting there was no autotune and she had no formal lessons.
- Linda died in 1998 from breast cancer, a loss he has said left him crying on and off for about a year.