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Lennon Remembers: The Full Rolling Stone Interviews from 1970 by Jann S. Wenner
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These interviews give a fascinating snapsot of 1970 Lennon's brain. He seems to have been one of those people who are at the same time incredibly arrogant and deeply insecure. I suppose it must be exhausting to try to live up to your own belief that you are a genius. And upsetting when it constantly turns out that you're just a mere human like the rest of us (though admittedly one heck of a songwriter).

I'm not sure how much we can rely on him for getting objective facts right. The interviewer corrects him at one point about the release date of a Beatles album. 😅 Maybe for actual history, go to a well-researched biography or one of the many good Beatles books. Read this one to feel like you are hanging out with John and Yoko in 1970.
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