[The walrus came] from “The Walrus and the Carpenter.” “Alice in Wonderland.” To me, it was a beautiful poem … Later, I … realized that the walrus was the bad guy in the story and the carpenter was the good guy. I thought, Oh, shit, I picked the wrong guy. I should have said, “I am the carpenter.” But that wouldn’t have been the same, would it? —JOHN LENNON
