In his 1980 interview with Playboy , John Lennon said , `` That 's Paul again ... He had a line in it , ` And in the end , the love you get is equal to the love you give , ' which is a very cosmic , philosophical line .
In his 1980 interview with Playboy , John Lennon acknowledged McCartney 's authorship by saying , `` That 's Paul again ... He had a line in it , ` And in the end , the love you get is equal to the love you give , ' which is a very cosmic , philosophical line .