Jonathan Cott is somebody we all know in our circle to be a quiet genius. Rolling Stone asked him to interview us a few times. This book is a collection of those interviews. Nothing more. Reading it, I thought 'Wow, we weren't bad at all.' Because most writers wanted to sensationalize us, thinking that if they didn't do that, it might be boring - and nobody would buy the book! So their 'interviews' usually came out nothing like what we were like. You will get an inkling of two people in love, sometimes making daring remarks, yet not forgetting to protect each other in the interviews... In fact, this is really the way we were, folks! Have a good read
- Yoko Ono
A deeply personal memoir of time spent with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, Cott's account begins with his first meeting of the world-famous couple in their basement flat in London, as a graduate student on a Fulbright where he was also serving as the "London editor" of a small rock magazine named Rolling Stone. The next day he was invited by Lennon to watch the recording of Glass Onion and Birthday at Abbey Road Studios. A connection was formed that lasted until Lennon's death - with Cott formally interviewing him again days before he was killed.
