163 “so sick, you know, the idea of ‘Come and buy your killing weapons’”: Paul McCartney, interview by Radio Luxembourg, November 20, 1968.

163 “one of the greatest numbers on the album”: Barry Miles, “The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album),” International Times, November 29, 1968.

163 “the music has three distinct phases ending with a touch of the ’50s”: Miles, “The Beatles.”

163 “The firearm becomes feminine and the lyrics ambiguous”: “The Beatles: The Beatles (White Album),” Record Mirror, November 16, 1968.

163 “Oh, well, by then I’m into double meanings”: Sheff, All We Are Saying, 189.

163 “both avant-garde and incredibly popular at the same time”: Peter Silverton, “Ringo Starr Auctions Off the First Copy of the Beatles’ White Album: The Story of a Revolutionary Record,” The Independent, December 1, 2015.

163 “four solo artists in one band”: Miles, The Beatles Diary, 315.

164 “John got 00001 because he shouted the loudest”: Miles, Paul McCartney, 502.

164 his copy, not John’s, is the original: Silverton, “Ringo Starr Auctions Off the First Copy of the Beatles’ White Album.”

164 “Whoever gets it, it will have my fingerprints on it”: Daniel Kreps, “Ringo Starr’s Personal ‘White Album’ Sells for World Record $790,000,” Rolling Stone, December 5, 2015.

164 “a little address book in Mick Jagger’s back pocket”: Kat Aaron, “Resurrected Stones Film Finds Pivot Point in Rock History,” NPR.org, July 25, 2019.

165 “Oh, one that plays!”: Keith Altham, “Rolling Stones: The Greatest Show on Earth,” New Musical Express, December 21, 1968.

165 “it’s nice to see and hear people working happily together”: Barry Miles, “James Taylor: James Taylor,” International Times, January 1, 1969.

165 “We can’t be more number one, we can’t be more famous”: Ken Mansfield, interview by the authors, 2019.

165 “Everything is about creativity”: Ken Mansfield, interview by the authors, 2019.

166 “I wrote Yoko telling her that I planned to have her in the nude on the cover”: Ritchie Yorke, “John Lennon: Ringo’s Right, We Can’t Tour Again,” New Musical Express, June 7, 1969.

166 “find some better bodies to put on the cover than your two”: Miles, Paul McCartney, 527.

166 selling only five thousand copies in the UK: Christopher Hooton, “Two Virgins: The Story Behind John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Intentionally ‘Unflattering,’ Banned Nude Album Cover,” The Independent, November 23, 2018.

166 “pornographic”: Dave Lifton, “Why John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s ‘Two Virgins’ was Seized by Police,” UltimateClassicRock.com, January 2, 2016.

166 FBI to open a file on John: Miles, The Beatles Diary, 327.

166 “But it was worth it for the howl that went up”: Yorke, “John Lennon.”

166 “angry because he couldn’t achieve the level of spirituality he wanted”: Philip Norman, Slowhand: The Life and Music of Eric Clapton (New York: Back Bay, 2019), 204.

166 “Fuck off—can’t you see I’m meditating?”: Norman, Slowhand, 204.

166 “I just got so fed up with the bad vibes”: Jordan Runtagh, “10 Things You Didn’t Know George Harrison Did,” Rolling Stone, November 29, 2016.

167 “a lousy name in New York and you gave off bad vibes”: Andrew Grant Jackson, “Book Excerpt: George Harrison Realizes It’s Time to Move On from the Beatles,” Rolling Stone, August 17, 2012.

167 “I didn’t hit him”: Jackson, “Book Excerpt.”