Long before he was shot and killed at the age of forty, John Lennon considered how he would be remembered when he was gone. In an episode of the iHeart Radio podcast “McCartney: A Life in Lyrics,” Lennon’s longtime partner Paul McCartney revealed that the Beatles singer-songwriter was concerned about his legacy.

In Wednesday’s show, McCartney said, “I remember him saying to me, ‘Paul, I worry about how people are going to remember me when I die,’ and it kind of shocked me.” “All right, hold on, just hold it there, I said. You’ve already accomplished enough to make others believe that you were excellent.”

“I felt like his priest,” the performer continued. “My son would accept it when I would often have to tell him, ‘You’re great, don’t worry about it.'” He would feel better about it.

In their teens, McCartney and Lennon met in Liverpool, England, at a church festival. At the time, Lennon was already a member of The Quarrymen, his own band. Lennon requested McCartney to join the group after they met at the event. The Beatles were founded about three years later, according to NPR.

According to the outlet, when Lennon brought McCartney into the group, he was unsure about the dynamics of the group and concerned that his leadership would be questioned. “I said, ‘Do you want to join the group?’ right then and there at the first meeting. Lennon was cited as stating in “The Beatles Anthology”: “And I think he said yes the next day.”