“I approached John quite a bit. (........) There was a lot of that, but I kind of kept pushing. Every time I was in New York, I was on the East Side, staying at the Stanhope Hotel by The Met, and they were at The Dakota. I could see them out the window.”

As you lie across your bed, am I there inside your head? As you lie there, as you lie there In the room beyond the blind, do I ever cross your mind? As you lie there, oh, as you lie there (Yeah)

“There was this attempt [on John’s part] to get rid of the spectre of me, which I understand, because he had to clear the decks just like I did.”

I used to walk, I used to walk Every night, I walk by your window Am I there inside your head? In every book you've ever read Front and centre on your screen In every film you've ever seen As you lie there, do I ever cross your mind? (Do I ever cross your mind?)

"He just always thinking about Paul......what Paul is doing? heard Paul's song on the radio......Paul's music is playing in my head......he thought he had a psychic connection to Paul that anytime he heard Paul's music in his head he thought that meant Paul was in town.”

I like to fantasise I'm something in your eyes 'Cause that would mean the world to me Just say the word and we can be together forever (Forever, forever, forever

“This is a thing I always thought when I was young: ‘How on earth am I going to meet the right person with these billions of people teeming about the planet? How could a soul search everywhere, without knowing what to do? How am I going to run into the right one?”

As you lie across your bed, am I there inside your head? As you lie there, as you lie there (As you lie there) In the room beyond the blind (Beyond the blind), do I ever cross your mind? (Do I ever cross your mind?) As you lie there (Lie there), oh, as you lie there (Lie there)

To this day, his memories of her are clear and fresh. Like a force-fed baby, he’ll never forget, and neither, I hope, will she.

Although we only met one time I can't forget the feeling that came over me I like to think that we could be together forever, ooh

“The first time I ever saw John Lennon was on the bus. I didn’t know him then, so he was just this slightly older guy with a sort of rocker hairdo, lots of grease, black jacket, sideburns (‘sideboards’ as we called them; ‘sideburns’ was American). And I just remember thinking, ‘Well, he’s a cool guy.’ When we did meet, I recognised him as that strange Teddy Boy from the bus. John always managed to be a little bit older than me; I never caught up. I had no idea who he was at the time, but I’ll always remember that very first image.”

Now and Then // We Two // 2026 Mescal Interview