expresses what I'd learned through being with Yoko and my own feelings on it.Įxcerpt from interview with David Scheff, Playboy Magazine, 1980. John Lennon in Selfridges department store, Oxford Street, London in 1971 to promote the publication of the 2nd edition of Yoko Onos book Grapefruit John Lennon being interviewed by journalist Steve Turner of Beat Instrumental magazine, Apple Records, London, 19th July 1971.
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Because I was still full of wanting my own space after being in the room with four guys and always having to share everything - you know, share shirts, share the same dry cleaner, the same everything, so even when Yoko would wear the same colour as me I used to get madly upset and say "It's like the fucking Beatles, we're not Sonny and Cher, don't dress." you know, so I wouldn't even let her dress, even if she accidentally chose the same colour outfit as me. But I was still selfish enough and unaware enough to take her take her contribution without acknowledging her. And I know she helped on a lot of the lyrics but I wasn't man enough to let her have credit for it, so that song was actually written by John and Yoko. There's a lot of pieces in it saying, like, "Imagine this" or, "Imagine that." If you look, if you get a copy of 'Grapefruit' and you look through, you'll see where I was influenced by her. 1 2000 by Yoko Ono (Author), John Lennon (Introduction) 784 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover from 25.87 Other new, used and collectible from 25. The book is a collection of texts, so-called instruction pieces, and has been reprinted in many editions over the years. Yko Ono Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings Hardcover Special Edition, Jan. "Imagine" was inspired by Yoko's 'Grapefruit'. This exhibition highlights the book Grapefruit, which Yoko Ono self-published in Japan in 1964. Grapefruit by Yoko Ono - Back in print for the first time in nearly thirty years, here is Yoko Ono's whimsical, delightful, subversive, startling book of ins.
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