“At the beginning it was very hard, knowing that we were going in there to do this track with him. It was pretty emotional. He wasn’t there. I loved John. We had to imagine he’d just gone for a cup of tea, that he’s gone on holiday but he’s still here. That’s the only way I could get through it.”
Ringo Starr, The Beatles Anthology
Loving all the real-life details in the ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ video
“Yeah. That line was a joke, you know. That line was put in partly because I was feeling guilty because I was with Yoko, and I knew I was finally high and dry. In a perverse way, I was sort of saying to Paul, ‘Here, have this crumb, have this illusion, have this stroke… because I’m leaving you.’”
- John, when asked about the lyric ‘The walrus was Paul’ in “Glass Onion”. (Playboy Interview, 1980)
Paul’s message to his most loyal Spotify listeners, 2023
“I luv ya. And…you love me! So, thanks a lot”
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THE BEATLES being presented with an award from Radio Caroline Awards while on set filming for HELP!. Twickenham Film Studios, London, England. April 6th 1965.
it'll pass
john lennon’s word association questionnaire, 1976.
paul mccartney, the lyrics, 2021.
Because Paul was left handed, John initially found it unexpectedly difficult to follow his chord changes. He finally resorted to restringing his guitar and playing the instrument upside down until he had mastered the chords Paul could teach him — whereupon he proceeded to learn them all over again the other way around.
Pete Shotton - John Lennon: In My Life.