The Beatles (185 page)

John had learned from Neil
: Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 148.

“
How Lee kept his cool
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/12/97.

“
interrupting everything he said
”: Brown & Gaines,
Love You Make,
p. 335.

“
Will you please stop insulting my husband
”: Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 152.

“
If you don’t tell anybody
”: Author interview with Ray Connolly, 8/7/97.

“
Why should we be asked
”: Author interview with Pete Shotton, 1/19/98.

“
last bachelor among the Beatles
”: “Beatles McCartney Planning to Marry,”
New York Times,
3/12/69.

“
Paul and Linda want it simple
”:
Apple press release 3/11/69.

“
plunged through a mob
”: “McCartney Marries, Teen-Age Fans Weep,”
New York Times,
3/13/69.

John… expressed “surprise
”: “I was very surprised with Linda. I wouldn’t have been surprised if he’d married Jane Asher.” McCabe & Schonfeld,
John Lennon: For the Record,
p. 31.

“
It was just Paul being Paul
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/12/97.

“
I’d never seen George so angry
”: Author interview with Pete Shotton, 1/19/98.

“
Why don’t you stay there
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/12/97.

“
a load of money
”: “I had, in fact, taken a load of money for them.” Alistair Taylor in Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 429.

“
Intellectually, we didn’t believe
”: Coleman,
Lennon,
p. 393.

“
rationalize” the situation at Apple
: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 545.

“
gravy train
”: McCabe & Schonfeld,
John Lennon: For the Record,
p. 66.

“
were living like kings
”: Ibid., p. 79.

“
He’d been with us since 1962
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/12/97.

“
But Paul refused
”: Author interview with Alistair Taylor, 1/17/98.

In this case… a company check
: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 546.

Asher… refused to give Klein
: “He wasn’t going to take that shit from anybody.” Author interview with Jack Oliver, 10/28/99.

“
as a protest against violence
”: “The Lennons Bed Down for Nonviolence,”
New York Daily News,
3/26/69.

“
Instead of fighting it
”: “Sgt. Pepper Makes a Pitch for Peace,”
Los Angeles,
6/15/69, p. 14.

A “plea for peace
”: “It is a plea for peace among people.”
New York Daily News,
3/26/69.

part demonstration, part sideshow
: “Everybody has their bags, and this is ours,” he told a reporter. “John’s and Yoko’s Peace Gimmicks Do Make Sense,”
NME,
3/12/69.

“
it’s no good working for money
”:
Los Angeles,
6/15/69.

“
It came at a perfect time
”: Coleman,
Lennon,
p. 397.

“
We are trying to make Christ’s message
”: Amsterdam press conference, 3/23/69.

“
As you know, Mr. Allen Klein
”: Letter, made part of
Paul McCartney
v.
John Lennon, George Harrison, Richard Starkey, and Apple Corps., Ltd.,
English High Court of Justice, Chancery Division, 1971.

He kicked Allen out
: “Did I tell him to get lost? No, I put it in slightly stronger terms.” McCabe & Schonfeld,
Apple to the Core,
p. 127.

“
all royalties payable
”: Letter from the Beatles to EMI, 3/3/69.

“
I won’t sell!
”:
Evening Standard,
3/29/69.

John Eastman spoke for everyone
: “I told him he was a bastard.” McCabe & Schonfeld,
Apple to the Core,
p. 154.

totaling about 14 percent
: “The Beatles Besieged,”
Time,
5/30/69.

“
I’m not going to be fucked around
”: McCabe & Schonfeld,
Apple to the Core,
p. 155.

“
Paul was getting more and more uptight
”: Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 154.

“
We had great arguments
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 326.

“
He’ll take fifteen percent
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 548; also in
Anthology,
p. 326.

“
Monopoly with real money
”: “Song Company of Beatles Resists a Take-Over Bid,”
New York Times,
5/17/69.

“
a monumental row
”: McCabe & Schonfeld,
Apple to the Core,
p. 159.

It was a tremendous mistake
: “I thought Paul had made a terrible miscalculation.” Author interview with Nat Weiss, 1/28/98.

“
Paul actually stopped coming
”:
Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/12/97.

“
total communication
”: “This is an example of total communication.” John Lennon press conference, Sacher Hotel, Austria, 3/31/69.

“
very fast living
”: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 367.

Variety
reported
: Story syndicated in
Go,
4/4/69, p. 10.

Jesus Christ Superstar
: “Lennon Asked to Portray Christ,”
New York Times,
12/4/69.

“
I don’t know what people think
”:
NME,
3/29/69.

“
paranoia
”: “One of the things people don’t know about John is that a lot of his genius was a cover-up for his paranoia.” Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 552.

“
containing two acorns
”: John Lennon press conference, 3/28/69.

Then, on April 22
: “Now It’s John Ono Lennon,”
New York Times,
4/23/69.

“
How would
you
like it
”: Coleman,
Lennon,
p. 390.

“
[They] were so lousy
”: John Lennon, 1971 interview, in
Anthology,
p. 350.

“
twenty-nine hours of tape
”: Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 120.

“
It was laying [sic] dormant
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 337.

a Beatles album “like we used to
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 551.

“
Only if you let me produce it
”: George Martin in
Anthology,
p. 337.

His original plan had been
: D. Taylor,
Fifty Years,
p. 367.

“
inadmissible immigrant
”: “John Lennon Seeks a Visa to Visit U.S.,”
New York Times,
5/16/69.

Declassified internal FBI memos
: Wiener,
Come Together,
p. 85.

“
I think I could probably write
”:
NME,
5/3/69, p. 3.

In fact, he was taking Paul
: “I’ve just written a song called ‘Because.’ ” Ibid.

“
straight out of
Grapefruit
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 555.

“
one of the most beautiful things
”: “Abbey Road Heading for Fame,”
Washington Post,
10/5/69.

George’s masterpiece, “Something
”: “I thought it was George’s greatest track.” Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 340.

“
wasn’t in the same league
”: John Lennon, 1974 interview, in ibid.

“
surprised that George had it in him
”: George Martin in ibid., p. 340.

“
came out of left field
”: Paul McCartney in ibid.

“
lambasting Allen Klein’s attitude
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 556.

“
Golden slumbers kiss your eyes
”: Dekker, “Golden Slumbers,”
The Pleasant Company of Old Fortunatus,
1603.

“
I liked the words
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
pp. 557–58.

“
He was driving for the first time
”: Stanley Parkes, 1/19/85, AGA.

John required seventeen stitches
: Lewisohn,
25
Years in the Life,
pp. 120–21.

“
a tribute to [their] survival
”: Author interview with Peter Brown, 12/12/97.

Everyone knew it also functioned
: Les Anthony, 5/85, AGA.

“
I think that until now
”: Fawcett,
John Lennon: One Day at a Time,
p. 96.

which George wrote while meandering
: “It was written on a nice sunny day in Eric Clapton’s garden.” “Abbey Road Heading for Fame,”
Washington Post,
10/5/69.

“
The three of us didn’t quite get it
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 552.

“
‘Come together’ was an expression
”: Sheff,
Playboy Interviews,
p. 170.

John acknowledged the debt
: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 553.

“
Let’s slow it down
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 339.

“
querying bass line
”: Riley,
Tell Me Why,
p. 312.

“
On the finished record
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 181.

“
a group thing
”: McCabe & Schonfeld,
John Lennon: For the Record,
p. 23.

“
something slick to preserve the myth
”: Goldman,
Lives of John Lennon,
pp. 353–54.

“
People would be walking out
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 193.

“
getting fairly dodgy
”:
Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 340.

“
There was a great sort of theater
”: Author interview with Alan Brown, 3/28/97.

“
a fantastic toy
”: Author interview with Alistair Taylor, 1/17/98.

“
hundreds of jackplugs
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 340.

Everest
: Paul McCartney in ibid., p. 337.

“
someone mentioned the possibility
”: Lewisohn,
Sessions,
p. 193.

“
just go outside
”: Ibid.

“
it was a very hot day
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 341.

“
all leonine
”:
Rolling Stone,
record review,
Abbey Road,
11/15/69.

“
Come on, hurry up
”: John Lennon, undated interview, in
Anthology,
p. 342.

“
It had been left there
”: Iain Macmillan in Badman,
Off the Record,
p. 459.

“
Barefoot, nice warm day
”: Ibid.

“
a pleasant but unadventurous
”: “Beatles in the Web,”
Newsweek,
10/20/69.

“
sincere”/“rather dull
”: “Abbey Road by Beatles Marked by Moderation,”
New York Times,
10/4/69.

In Britain, advance orders
: “George’s ‘Abbey Road’ Track as Beatles’ New U.S. Single,”
NME,
9/27/69.

“
at 5 o’clock on a rainswept
”:
Newsweek,
11/3/69, p. 62.

Fred LaBour
: “This fantastic death wish seems to have been stimulated by a University of Michigan undergraduate named Fred LaBour.” “No, No, No, Paul McCartney Is Not Dead,”
New York Times,
11/2/69.

Others who played the entire
: “The Magical McCartney Mystery,”
LIFE,
11/7/69, p. 104.

“
I’m alive and well
”: “Paul Makes It Clear: ‘I Feel Fine,’ ” Associated Press wire story, 10/23/69.

“
millions of youthful fans
”:
Newsweek,
11/3/69.

Sgt. Pepper
’s reappeared
:
Billboard,
11/2/69.

“
Can you spread it around
”: “The Magical McCartney Mystery,”
LIFE,
11/7/69, p. 105.

Then, on September 25
: “Beatles Lose Fight for Control of Firm,”
New York Times,
10/27/69.

“
I told Allen I was leaving
”: Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 60.

alongside “all the great rockers
”: John Lennon, 1969 interview in
Anthology,
p. 347.

Everyone knew the old standards
: “I’ve played all these numbers before… so I know them.” Eric Clapton,
NME,
12/20/69.

“
can’t remember when I had such a good time
”: “John Lennon Finds Worm in Beatles’ Apple,”
Variety,
10/26/69.

In separate conversations
: “I told Eric Clapton and Klaus that I was leaving.” Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 60.

“
it was not an easy decision
”: Fawcett,
John Lennon: One Day at a Time,
p. 101.

“
What do you mean?
”: Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 60.

“
Everybody
had tried to leave
”: George Harrison in
Anthology,
p. 348.

“
they knew it was for real
”: John Lennon, 1978 interview, in
Anthology,
p. 348.

“
Everyone blanched except John
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
p. 561.

“
John burst into the room
”: Fawcett,
John Lennon: One Day at a Time,
p. 101.

it felt like “a relief
”: Ringo Starr in
Anthology,
p. 348.

“
we knew it was [a] good [decision]
”: Ibid., p. 347.

“
I wanted out myself
”: George Harrison in ibid.

To Paul’s relief
: “Paul and Allen said they were glad I wasn’t going to announce it.” Wenner,
Lennon Remembers,
p. 61.

“
since I’d been seventeen
”: Paul McCartney in
Anthology,
p. 349.

“
Then, if I did get up
”: Miles,
Paul McCartney,
pp. 568–69.