 | ~ by John Lennon, 1982 Grow old along with me Grow old along with me Spending our lives together Grow old along with me |
Though many people blamed Yoko for the break-up of the Beatles and hated her for it, one thing that cannot be denied was how much John loved his wife. In his career, Lennon wrote numerous songs for Yoko, including: I Want You (She1s So Heavy), The Ballad of John and Yoko, Dear Yoko, Oh Yoko, Woman, Grow Old With Me, and many more.
"She came to the house and I didn1t know what to do, so we went upstairs to my studio and I played her all the tapes that I1d made, all this far-out stuff, some comedy stuff, and some electronic music. She was suitably impressed, and then she said, "Well, lets make one ourselves." So we made Two Virgins. It was midnight when we started; it was dawn when we finished, and we made love at dawn. It was very beautiful."
~ John Lennon"No one drank like he did. He had broken up with Ono and was with another woman at the time. Suddenly, he just started screaming out Ono1s name. That separation from her almost killed him."
~ Jim Keltner"The Holsteins were selected because they were meant to yield nourishment, not be slaughtered for it. Ono took care of all the details, and Lennon did not know about the sale of the cows until he read about them in the paper. He was more pleased then surprised. "Only Yoko," he said admiringly, "could sell a cow for $250,000."
~ Jay Cocks's article, the Last Day in the Life"I remember the simplicity that was so evident in "She's So Heavy," which was about Yoko. In fact, a reviewer wrote of "She's So Heavy," he seems to have lost his talent for lyrics, it1s so simple and boring. But when it gets down to it, when you1re drowning, you don1t say, "I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me," you just scream. And in "She1s So Heavy," I sang, "I want you, I want you so bad, she1s so heavy, I want you," like that."
~ John Lennon, Jan 1971
"I can be, but I don't wish to be.
There is no reason on earth why I should be without her. There is nothing more important than our relationship, nothing. And we dig being together all the time. And both of us could survive apart, but what for? I'm not going to sacrifice love, real love, for any fuckin' whore, or any friend, or any business because, in the end, you're alone at night. Neither of us wants to be, and you can't fill the bed with groupies; that doesn't work. I don't want to be a swinger. Like I said in the song, I've been though it all, and nothing works better than to have somebody you love hold you."
~ John Lennon, Rolling Stone interview, Jan. 1971
"No, no. I hope we1re a nice old couple living off the cast of Ireland or something-- looking at our scrapbook of madness."
~ John Lennon, Jan. 1971
| Dear Yoko ~ John Lennon, 1980 Even after all these years
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~ John Lennon, 1980 (for Sean Lennon) Close your eyes |
