286 They’ve finally caught up to where we were: Sholin and Kaye, “John Lennon’s Last Interview.”

286 “tribute to Yoko”: Andrews, “Forty Years Ago.”

287 Double Fantasy—that’s a great title: Sholin and Kaye, “John Lennon’s Last Interview.”

287 “a dream that we have—which we share”: Sholin and Kaye, “John Lennon’s Last Interview.”

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288 “I’m interested in doing something extra special”: Ben Yakas, “Producer Jack Douglas Talks About His Last Night with John Lennon: ‘Some A-Hole Shot Him When He Got Home,’” Gothamist.com, July 19, 2016.

288 “John wants to do a record; he wants you to produce it”: Yakas, “Producer Jack Douglas Talks About His Last Night with John Lennon.”

289 “What I want to make here is a record about a middle-aged man”: Yakas, “Producer Jack Douglas Talks About His Last Night with John Lennon.”

289 “I’m facing middle age, I’m looking at forty”: Yakas, “Producer Jack Douglas Talks About His Last Night with John Lennon.”

289 “a househusband for the last five years and I want to get back to the music”: Ken Sharp, “Lennon’s Last Session: the Making of Double Fantasy,” Record Collector, n.d.

289 “They tell me you’re good, just don’t play too many notes”: Sharp, “Lennon’s Last Session.”

289 “John Lennon had more of a clear vision of what he wanted from the bass than anybody”: David Fricke, “Sean Lennon on His Father, Yoko Ono, and His Own Musical Career,” Rolling Stone, June 11, 1998.

289 “pretend it’s Christmas”: “Happy Xmas (War Is Over) by John Lennon,” Songfacts.com.

289 “I like that a lot, don’t forget it”: Sharp, “Lennon’s Last Session.”

289 “Wait, I just wrote it”: Yakas, “Producer Jack Douglas Talks About His Last Night with John Lennon.”

289 “I think it’s a smash”: Sharp, “Lennon’s Last Session.”

290 Photographers compete for position outside the Hit Factory: Keith Badman, The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up, 1970–2001 (London: Omnibus Press, 2001), 256.

290 “the first photographer authorized to photograph John Lennon in five years”: Ray Kelly, “Boston Photographer Recalls Final John Lennon Recording Sessions,” MassLive.com, January 7, 2015.

290 “He looked every bit a rock star”: Kelly, “Boston Photographer Recalls Final John Lennon Recording Sessions.”

290 Kishin Shinoyama: Carolyn Kellogg, “Video: An Intimate Look at John Lennon and Yoko Ono,” Los Angeles Times, April 2, 2015.

290 Jay Dubin: Ken Sharp, Starting Over: The Making of John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s Double Fantasy (New York: Gallery Books, 2010), quoted in interview with Amanda Flinner, “80s Video Director Jay Dubin,” Songfacts.com, December 17, 2014.

290 “Okay, let me sing a little bit of a song for you”: Sharp, Starting Over, Flinner, “80s Video Director Jay Dubin.”

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291 John and Yoko announce their new project: Keith Badman, The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up, 1970–2001 (London: Omnibus Press, 2001), 257.

291 “as if it were a play and we were two characters in it”: Dave Sholin and Laurie Kaye, “John Lennon’s Last Interview, December 8, 1980,” BeatlesArchive.net.