291 Paul even negotiated a secret (until 2005) clause: George Lang, “Sir Paul Was Thinking Ahead in ’79: In a Contract, the Ex-Beatle Had a Clause That Allowed Reunions,” The Oklahoman, December 9, 2015.

291 Ringo has also signed with the label: Ken Sharp, “Lennon’s Last Session: the Making of Double Fantasy,” Record Collector, n.d.

291 “Whatever John wants for this record, we’ll give it to him!”: Badman, The Beatles Diary, 257.

292 arrives dressed all in white: “Timeline: Year by Year, How David Geffen Invented Himself,” American Masters, PBS.org, November 1, 2012.

292 “good numbers”: “Timeline: Year by Year, How David Geffen Invented Himself.”

292 “Listen! She’s doing Elvis!”: Robert Hilburn, “In My Life: Robert Hilburn’s ‘Corn Flakes with John Lennon,’” Los Angeles Times, October 11, 2009.

292 Geffen agrees to Yoko’s terms: “Timeline: Year by Year, How David Geffen Invented Himself.”

292 “You can do it anywhere in the world except for the Record Plant”: Sharp, “Lennon’s Last Session.”

292 keyed private elevators for security: “Timeline: Year by Year, How David Geffen Invented Himself.”

292 “It’s a very magical environment for a kid”: David Fricke, “Sean Lennon on His Father, Yoko Ono, and His Own Musical Career,” Rolling Stone, June 11, 1998.

292 “He was looking at me all the time”: Sholin and Kaye, “John Lennon’s Last Interview.”

293 “Good night, Sean, see you in the morning”: Nick DeRiso, “Revisiting John Lennon’s Comeback Album ‘Double Fantasy,’” UltimateClassicRock.com, November 17, 2015.

293 “ask questions with answers that no one will hear”: David Sheff, All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono (New York: St. Martin’s Griffin, 2000), viii.

293 a conversation that will run three weeks: Sheff, All We Are Saying, xiii–xiv.

293 “This will be the reference book!”: Badman, The Beatles Diary, 262.

293 “It’s been a long time since we’ve done this kind of thing”: Sheff, All We Are Saying, xv.

293 granted sit-downs with the BBC, Newsweek, and other media outlets: Badman, The Beatles Diary, 263.

293 A parallel concern for MacDougall is the surge in the number of fans: Badman, The Beatles Diary, 263.

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294 “only two artists I’ve ever worked with for more than a one night’s stand, as it were”: Dave Sholin and Laurie Kaye, “John Lennon’s Last Interview, December 8, 1980,” BeatlesArchive.net.

294 “I was into making my own bread”: Paul McCartney, interview by the authors, 2019.

295 strictly macrobiotic—sugar-free and dairy-free: David Fricke, “Sean Lennon on His Father, Yoko Ono, and His Own Musical Career,” Rolling Stone, June 11, 1998.

295 “John and Yoko will be touring Japan, USA, and Europe”: Keith Badman, The Beatles Diary Volume 2: After the Break-Up, 1970–2001 (London: Omnibus Press, 2001), 265.

295 Wayne Mansfield: Scott Armstrong, “Skywriting; The Making of a Miles-High Billboard,” Christian Science Monitor, April 16, 1981.

295 HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN AND SEAN—LOVE YOKO: Badman, The Beatles Diary, 265.

295 “We’re almost like twins”: Sholin and Kaye, “John Lennon’s Last Interview.”

295 “I couldn’t have been happier to see them and how happy and lighthearted they were”: Geraldo Rivera, interview by the authors, 2019.