Paul McCartney Was 'Depressed,' Almost Quit Music After Beatles Split (Exclusive)

Paul McCartney recalls being "depressed" post-Beatles and recounts the formation of Wings in Paul McCartney: Man on the Run
PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the trailer for the new Prime Video documentary, premiering Feb. 27
Wings enjoyed a string of hits in the '70s, including "Live and Let Die" and "Silly Love Songs"

The Beatles were Paul McCartney’s entire life. When the group parted ways, he thought his pen had run dry for good.

The English singer-songwriter, 83, opens up about his life in the wake of the break-up of the iconic British invasion band (McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) in the new Prime Video documentary Paul McCartney: Man on the Run.

In the trailer for the Morgan Neville-directed doc — which PEOPLE is exclusively premiering — McCartney reflects on the depression he experienced after the Beatles’ break-up, and recounts how he climbed out of it while steering his career in a new direction with his '70s band Wings. 

 "I’ve always loved the Beatles, but Wings was the band putting out records when I was young," Neville, who directed the Oscar-winning 2013 documentary 20 Feet from Stardom, tells PEOPLE exclusively. "I remember buying them in stores and obsessing over them. Having a chance to revisit this time with Paul took me back like it took him back. In many cases, Paul hadn’t thought about those times in many years. So really it was a sense of rediscovering things together."

In the Man on the Run trailer, McCartney says, “The Beatles had been my whole life, really. When we split up, I thought I'll never write another note of music ever. I had fear of being a grown-up.”
'Paul McCartney: Man on the Run' documentary poster.

 "I felt very depressed, but I was very lucky because I had Linda,” the musician continues, referring to his late wife and Wings co-founder, whom he married in 1969 and who died in 1998 at age 56.

Source: Bailey Richards/people.com

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