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00:00John Lennon, he said, I've got something to tell you, I've left the Beatles, and I thought,
00:10you're crazy.
00:11Well, the Beatles were splitting up themselves, you know, disintegrating.
00:18It did tend to get a bit vicious.
00:22I don't want to be trapped again with the same musicians making the same sound.
00:28He said, you're going to be working with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, and I was floored.
00:34I actually said to him, do you regret writing How Do You Sleep?
00:38John and I were in there, and Phil came in, pulled out his gun, and shot up the balcony.
00:42I think it's inevitable when you're that famous that all kinds of crackpots will come through
00:46the door.
00:47There were some quite unkind things said about Yoko.
00:50She broke him.
00:52You got to have a little guts, and Yoko had a lot of guts.
00:54Lennon's message is probably one of the most powerful statements in popular culture.
01:07This was going to be a concert tour that had never been seen before.
01:11It would have been so pioneering.
01:13World tour, major cities.
01:15I as an individual don't feel satisfied as an artist, or I would stop.
01:20I must always go on.
01:23The most famous person in the world who was then assassinated.
01:25And a man comes running in yelling, we've got a gunshot, gunshot in the chest.
01:29Can you believe it?
01:30John Lennon.
01:31Don't be afraid.
01:32This is only the beginning.
01:34This 60s was just waking up in the morning, you know.
01:36I just can't wait.
01:38I'm so glad to be around.