The Last Days of John Lennon Quotes

“there is substantial reason to believe that official governmental action was based principally on a desire to silence political opposition squarely protected by the First Amendment.”
― James Patterson, The Last Days of John Lennon

“George, though, brings back some daunting intelligence after a September 1963 visit to Benton, Illinois, where his sister, Louise, lives. “They don’t know us,” he reports. “It’s going”
― James Patterson, The Last Days of John Lennon

“Each Beatle is to receive one of the first four albums in the run, with a sequential number printed on each cover. John wants the first of the first, calling out, “Bagsy No. 1!” “John got 000001 because he shouted the loudest,”12 Paul remembers. Ringo keeps his double album in a bank vault. And there it stays until 2015, when the drummer discovers that his copy, not John’s,13 is the original — number 000001. That Saturday, December 5, 2015, Julien’s Auctions, in Beverly Hills, sets a guide price of $40,000 to $60,000, which will go to Ringo’s charity, the Lotus Foundation. The bidding shatters records, bringing $790,000. Ringo has a message for the buyer: “Whoever gets it it will have my fingerprints”
― James Patterson, The Last Days of John Lennon: ‘I totally recommend it’ LEE CHILD

“You have got to decide: either you die with Stuart or you go on living your life,” John tells Astrid. “Be honest and decide. You can’t just cry all the time, you’ve got to get on.”16”
― James Patterson, The Last Days of John Lennon: ‘I totally recommend it’ LEE CHILD

“Turn off your mind relax and float downstream…”
― James Patterson, The Last Days of John Lennon

“He was 90 percent image, and the most you want is 50 percent because the other 50 percent must be a musical talent.”
― James Patterson, The Last Days of John Lennon

“Julian and Kyoko are the same age, and seeing Julian is a painful reminder for Yoko of her missing daughter, so John has limited himself to occasional phone calls.”
― James Patterson, The Last Days of John Lennon

“Crowd noise is a very real obstacle for George Martin, who is recording the concert (unreleased until 1977) for Capitol Records. Dealing with the screams from thousands of Beatles fans was like “putting a microphone at the tail end of a 747 jet,” Martin says.”
― James Patterson, The Last Days of John Lennon

“Everyone on the planet now knows who he is.”
― James Patterson, The Last Days of John Lennon