Paul McCartney Recalls Late Wife Linda's Expression She Repeated that 'Impressed' Him
Paul McCartney says his late wife Linda encouraged him to embrace freedom and let go of being uptight
Linda’s phrase “It’s allowed” helped the former Beatle overcome self-imposed limitations and inspired him to take risks
The pair were married from 1969 to Linda's death in 1998
Paul McCartney had a lot to learn from his late wife Linda.
The legendary musician, 83, offered rare insight into the effect that Linda had on his life in a new clip from his Words + Music installment with Audible, which PEOPLE is exclusively premiering.
In the episode — which is an expansion of his recent documentary Man on the Run — McCartney says Linda was a “freeing influence” when they first got together in the 1960s.
“She had grown up in a posh bit of New York. She was on track to become the sort of company wife. But she didn’t like that. She liked rock ‘n’ roll,” McCartney says. “And she would do things like sneak out of the house late at night and drive into New York with a boyfriend. So there was a lot of freedom in her thinking. So I think that really was good for me.”
When Linda and Paul met, she was a divorcée with a 7-year-old daughter, Heather. The pair married in 1969, and went on to have three more children together: Mary, 56, Stella, 54, and James, 54. They remained together until Linda’s death from breast cancer in 1998 at age 56.
Source: people.com/Rachel DeSantis
