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I Felt That Film (let It Be) Was Set Up By Paul For Paul. That Is One Of The Main Reasons The Beatles Ended. I Can't Speak For George, But I Pretty Damn Well Know We Got Fed Up Of Being Sidemen For Paul. After Brian Died, That's What Happened, That's What Began To Happen To Us. The Camera Work Was Set Up To Show Paul And Not Anybody Else. And That's How I Felt About It.

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John Lennon

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I Felt That Film (let It Be) Was Set Up By Paul For Paul. That Is One Of The Main Reasons The Beatles Ended. I Can't Speak For George, But I Pretty Damn Well Know We Got Fed Up Of Being Sidemen For Paul. After Brian Died, That's What Happened, That's What Began To Happen To Us. The Camera Work Was Set Up To Show Paul And Not Anybody Else. And That's How I Felt About It.

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Art Is Only A Way Of Expressing Pain.

Tame Birds Sing Of Freedom. Wild Birds Fly.

In 'lucy In The Sky With Diamonds' I Was Visualizing Alice In Wonderland, An Image Of This Female Who Would Come And Save Me - A Girl With Kaleidoscope Eyes Who Would Be The Real Love Of My Life. Lucy Turned Out To Be Yoko.

I Regret Profoundly That I Was Not An American And Not Born In Greenwich Village. It Might Be Dying, And There Might Be A Lot Of Dirt In The Air You Breathe, But This Is Where It's Happening.

Life Is What Happens When We Are Busy Doing Other Things. Peace Is Not Something You Wish For; It's Something You Make, Something You Do, Something You Are And Something You Give Away.

Coping Mechanisms

There Are Two Basic Motivating Forces: Fear And Love. When We Are Afraid, We Pull Back From Life. When We Are In Love, We Open To All That Life Has To Offer With Passion, Excitement, And Acceptance.

Everybody Loves You When You're Six Foot In The Ground.

I'll Probably Be Popped Off By Some Loony.

Inspirational Life

I Think Middle-class People Have The Biggest Trauma If They Have Nice Imagey Parents, All Smiling And Dolled Up.

When I Was Singing About 'all You Need Is Love' I Was Talking About Something I Hadn't Experienced.

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