People, Jan. 18, 1971

That was quite some interview that the Beatles' John Lennon laid on the fortnightly Rolling Stone. Hacked of hair and short of beard, John said his Goodbye to All That in some 24,000 unchosen words, accompanied by a running obbligato from Wife Yolco Ono.

Highlights: "The dream is over. I'm not just talking about the Beatles. I'm talking about the generation thing. It's over, and we gotta—I have to personally —get down to so-called reality."

Heroin? "We sniffed a little when we were in real pain. We took 'H' because of what the Beatles and...

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