'The Beatles were the worst musicians in the world' Quincy told the press.' Now he has had his own say on the matter, labelling Jones a "crazy motherf***er"
Jones was pictured at the weekend promoting the new documentary about his life, Quincy, at the Toronto Film Festival. In his infamous quiote he called the Beatles the “worst musicians in the world”.
Last month he said: “They were no-playing motherfuckers. Paul was the worst bass player I ever heard. And Ringo? Don’t even talk about it.”
Sir Paul explained that the two then had an emotional phone conversation, otherwise he would have slam Quincy
Sir Paul told GQ magazine: "He's an old guy. I don't know what it was. But I don't think I'm the worst bass player he's ever heard. Or maybe he's never heard bad bass players. He's talking all of this jazz and musicianship, and he's an arranger and stuff.
"This is like Buddy Rich saying Ringo couldn't drum. Because coming from Buddy Rich's sensibility, Ringo can't drum. But coming from our sensibility, Buddy Rich is a load of shit. But God bless him...
"He's totally out of his tree. But the great thing was, he rang me after this. I'd only heard about it and I'd thought, I'm not sure it's true. The joke is, I love Quincy, even after this. He's a crazy motherf***er. But I respect him, he's done a lot of very good things...
"So I get a phone call: 'Is this Mr. McCartney?' 'Yes.' 'Quincy would like to speak with you.' Because he's always worked through security guys. I said, 'Hey, Quince!' 'Paul, how you doing, man?' 'I'm doing great—how are you, you motherf***er!' I'm just jiving with him. 'Paul, I didn't really say that thing — I don't know what happened, man. I never said that. You know I love you guys!'
"I said, 'If you had said that, you know what I would have said? F*** you, Quincy Jones!'"
Music producer Quincy Jones has later apologised for shooting his mouth off about Michael Jackson and the Beatles in interviews, revealing his comments led to a family intervention.
