Paul McCartney has said that in the early stages of The Beatles' career he got such bad stage fright that he considered quitting the band.
Speaking at a preview screening of his new live DVD, 'Good Evening New York City', last night, he said: "They used to have a thing called the NME Poll Winners Party, where the owner of the NME would get us, the Stones, all the top acts, to come and perform for nothing! This was a couple of years into The Beatles' career. So, I remember being on the steps of Wembley Town Hall, literally getting ill with nerves, and thinking, 'I've got to give this business up, this is no good'. It was quite nerve-wracking".
He added that the band weren't always well-received in those days, saying: "We went to Stroud one day, and hardly anyone showed up, which wasn't wonderful. Then you used to have these Teddyboys, the louts, you know. They started throwing coins at us. So we ended up picking them up, a couple of shillings richer!"