John was in constant need of proof of love and security and he was constantly testing people for that proof.
Cynthia LennonJohn needed to escape his reality. I understood completely but I couldn't go along with him.
Cynthia LennonWhen John was with me, it was total commitment. Whatever he did outside our relationship didn't seem very important. We were together such a lot of the time that whatever other affairs he had once we met couldn't have amounted to much because I was with him most of the time. He kept me in Liverpool as late as I dared stay.
Cynthia LennonI didn't marry a Beatle, I married a broke student who played the guitar and ponced all my grant money off me for fags.
Cynthia LennonYoko had 10 years and I had 10 years and I would rather have had the 10 years I had than the ones she did. I had the raw talent and the raw human being, before the sycophants arrived.
Cynthia LennonJohn asked me to dance and I nearly died. Bingo! I then amazed myself by being very cool, calm and collected outwardly-inside I was out of this world. The dance was slow and smoochy. I was aloof and John, I think, was slightly embarrassed. It was all very painful and beautiful at the same time. The remaining students were looking on with puzzled expressions at such an unlikely combination.
Cynthia Lennon