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Paul had a very hard life.

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Paul McCartney photographed at EMI Studios, London on the 24th June 1967.

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“When I caught sight of him, when John brought him home for the first time, I thought “Oh-ho, look what the cat’s dragged in.” He seemed so much younger than John–and John was always picking up waifs and strays. I thought “Here we go again, John Lennon… another Shotton.” […] He was well-mannered–too well-mannered. He was what we call in Liverpool “talking posh” and I thought he was taking the mickey out of me, John’s little friend, Mr Charming. I used to tease John by saying “chalk and cheese”, meaning how different they were, and John would start hurling himself around the room like a wild dervish shouting “Chalkandcheese! Chalkandcheese!” with this stupid grin on his face”

— Mimi Smith, “Paul McCartney: The Biography” by Philip Norman

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John: let’s play 21 questions to get to know each other

Paul: ok. what’s your favourite colour?

John: green, are you into guys?

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN LENNON! 1940 — ∞

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Happy birthday, John Lennon! (October 9th, 1940 - December 8th, 1980) 

‘’We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight.’’

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November 5, 1963

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The Early Beatles

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As I stood front of my favorite Beatle the only thing I could think of was that his contact lenses looked like they hurt him. He smiled and stuck out his hand and without thinking, I rested my right arm on top of his left while we shook hands! “John, ” I said, “are your contacts bothering you?” “No,” he answered. I got the distinct feeling that not too many people had asked that question. Undaunted I plunged on, “I have them too!” I confided.He leaned closer and stared searchingly into my eyes. “Are your bothering you?” he said with a straight face. “No.” I stammered and then we both laughed. “They’re good aren’t they?” John said seriously and I could only nod, not trusting my voice. “But your eyes are prettier then mine.” John said and to my dismay unwanted tears rolled down my cheeks. “Hey” John said with a slight laugh. “Don’t cry or they’ll wash away!” I smiled through my tears as I blurted, “John you’re my favorite.” He smiled warmly, gave my hand a final shake and said, “You’re my favorite”. The Girl Who Got To Meet The Beatles – Datebook Magazine Winter 65/66

AND LETS NOT FORGET HOW HELLA CUTE JOHN LOOKS 

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Let It Be (1970) dir. Michael Lindsay-Hogg

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“John and Paul paired off - only to find themselves stuck together for life. For John, Paul was the boy who came to stay; for Paul, John was the song he couldn’t make better”

- Rob Sheffield, Dreaming Of The Beatles

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parts of cynthia’s book, John, that hit me in the heart

after they hooked up for the first time john asked “what are you doing tomorrow, and the next day, and the next” and cynthia said “seeing you.”

john bought instant tan when it first came out and tried it with cynthia. they both looked awfully yellowed and giggled about it

at their wedding when the priest asked for the groom to step forward george did

john wanted to get married

after they got married john said it felt like walking with odd socks on and she knew what he meant

“well, mrs lennon, how does it feel being married?”

john was always paranoid about being shot bc a letter came in the mail from a psychic saying he would be shot in the states

when julian was born he had tears in his eyes and said “Cyn, he’s bloody marvelous! he’s fantastic.” and he held julian’s baby hands with a big smile.

John loved watching Julian at bath time and would cuddle him before bed

when cynthia was finally confirmed as john’s wife john said; “you should never have had to hide, cyn.”

john loved shopping and would get excited and end up buying julian loads of toys. even ones that he wouldn’t be able to play with at his age.

he would buy cynthia lingerie that were extravagant and would dance with her

julian once assembled a complicated toy and john was ecstatic saying; “that’s my boy! I couldn’t have done that myself!”

in august 1965 he sent a letter to cynthia about how much he loved julian and awful he felt about being awful from him all the time and that he wanted to just be a good father for him

john’s favorite treat was Rice Krispies

when john confessed he’s cheated multiple times and cynthia said “that’s okay.” and john put his arms around her and said, “you’re the only one I’ve eve loved, cyn. I still love you and I always will.”

yoko stalked them and harassed john

cynthia would always ask about yoko later on and john once said, “it’s you I love cynthia. I love you now more than I ever have before.”

john wouldn’t talk to cynthia over their divorce bc he hated confrontations

when john and her split paul came to see her and brought a red rose. “how about it, cyn?” he said when offering that the two of them got married

john and yoko came to a party cynthia hosted and yoko tried to talk to her and compliment how well julian was raised. only days after she complained about how julian was raised. cynthia suspected it was to look good in front of company.

after avoiding cynthia for a long time john finally sat down and talked to her once. she said it was like they were finally becoming friends again.

“julians a lovely boy. I can’t believe how grown up he is. he’s not a little boy anymore. I can really talk to him now.” -john

cynthia liked may pang

john once told julian he hated is life and still to this day julian is insecure about it

when John died yoko made julian help her tell sean about it. and when explaining it they said the man who killed him would go to court. sean said, “do you mean a basketball court or a tennis court?”

julian said when he entered yoko’s room after John;s death she was calm and collected. and asked him if he wanted her to show him the steps john died on.

before julian went back to england yoko asked if he wanted one of john’s guitars. he asked for the one guitar he really liked and yoko said no.  

john wrote in his will that he wanted julian to have his notebooks and yoko never gave it to him

cynthia received letters from a psychic after john’s death saying that john regretted the way he ended their relationship

john once told julian, “if anything ever happens to me, look for a white feather and you’ll know I’m there, looking out for you.”

any time cynthia saw a white feather she thought of john

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The way we work it is like, we just whistle. John will whistle at me, and I’ll whistle back at him, and he’ll whistle back at me, and sometimes we’ll keep whistling at each other for days.  —  Paul, 1966