Paul McCartney revealed that he taught Michael Jackson how to purchase music catalogs, and then Jackson went on to buy the Beatles' catalog,including McCartney's own songs,for $4.7 million. McCartney recalled the moment Jackson called him to break the news: "Phone rang, picked it up and I said who is this and I hear it’s Michael and I’m like Michael who he said Michael." Jackson simply told him, "This is just business.