John Lennon Opens Up On WHY The Beatles Broke Up | The Dick Cavett Show

Dick Cavett welcomes musician John Lennon and Yoko Ono to the show where they discuss out-growing The Beatles.

Date aired - September 21st, 1971 - John Lennon & Yoko Ono

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[asianconservativelawyer]

I can’t believe they cut out Forrest Gump in this interview. He even just earned the Medal of Honor prior to this interview.

[MCO]

“Some years later, that nice young man from England was on his way home to see his little boy, and was signing some autographs, and for no particular reason at all, someone shot him.”

[bearcb]

“I don’t want to be singing She Loves You when I’m 30”. Paul still sings it at 78!

[Jay-indl]

Really classy of John to give all the lads credit for their post Beatles success. They might’ve fell out personally but they still respected each other massively.

[sewary]

It's fake, I don't see Forrest here:(

[marty]

She was living in London in the 60s and didn't know who The Beatles were... Sure, Yoko, sure...

[adayinthelife]

Imagine there's no Yoko
It isn't hard to do.

[redadamearth]

It's still incredible to me that the Beatles did everything they did in just 8 years *before* they were 30 years old. And that all of their stunning solo work was done just in their 30's. As for them breaking up - anyone who's ever been in a band will tell you that it's a MIRACLE that any band stays together for THREE years, let alone 8. The bands that stay together for 50 years, etc. - they're extreme anomalies.

[ringolennon]

who else got sad when he was talking about being 50 years old :(

[viniciuseneas]

"I don't want to be singing She Loves You when I'm 50". Funny, that is exactly what Paul is doing with 70.

[jamiemiddleditch]

Paul McCartney is 77 and still sings yesterday 😂😂

[thespyinthecab]

Yoko is actually exactly right. . . . Having that many insanely talented people working together, bringing songs to the table, having to change things, conceded to others opinions, etc. is extremely difficult for a creative mind that sees a vision of their art.
It's a miracle that they had 3 solid, genius minds writing songs and didn't kill each other by the second album.

[shatnershairpiece]

It’s hard to fathom the fact that he is only 30 here and he already experienced so much and had given so much to music.

[rosario]

She didn’t know about The Beatles? I find that extremely hard to believe.

[thefearedESK]

"And Starr backwards is rrats."

Man he had a real wit. I wish his ego and insecurities didn't dictate his behavior.

[heroicjourney]

Yokos final assessment was on the nail. They were all amazing musicians In the truest sense of the word! For them to have been cohesive for as long as they were was miraculous, and as a result, the greatest band of all time!

[mr.l]

Julian having to buy his father’s belongings from Yoko proves she is nothing but a gold digger

[BinaryRex]

Yoko's point at the end is a good one. We should be grateful that The Beatles ever existed at all.

[evermæn]

John seems like an old soul, Paul has never stopped being a young man and their paths crossed to form the Beatles.

[desertwind]

I can still remember seeing the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show, it ran on Sunday evenings, and the next day at school it was all anyone, and everyone was talking about. How lucky I am to have lived in their time. I will always be a fan of all of them. Their music is timeless.