Original: 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.
Simplified: 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.