Quoted from JimmyMcCullochFan

Why in the world would you say that he didn't love Cynthia?

She was his girlfriend from the college. And as far as I know he married her when she got pregnant. And I read ( I quote ): Lennon had to marry Cynthia and soon considered her to be a burden, hid her farther away, at his aunt Mimi`s...When Beatles stopped touring and bought castles John found himself alone with no soul-mate, with nothing to do. He ate the same food -cornflakes with milk and sugar- lay on the sofa, looking through papers or watching TV. It was not just Fatigue and Lethargy, it turned out that without work his life had no meaning. If the other Beatles had smth to do: they spend time with their wives, had hobbies, Lennon seemed to have nothing to keep him steady in this life, to keep him going. At a loss what to do, faced with emptiness, he even had his house decorated with Beatles photos and looked at them all the time. He hated his wife now, and he hated his life. At this point he met his reflection Yoko Ono. This is a free translation but not a rendering, guys. I do not claim it is true to the fact but why not share it? I offer it to you for your consideration. What do you say?

^ I think you should read Cynthia's book because she addresses the whole "The only reason John married Cynthia because she was pregnant" thing.

Where exactly did that quote come from?

Quoted from Jane

When Beatles stopped touring and bought castles John found himself alone with no soul-mate, with nothing to do. He ate the same food -cornflakes with milk and sugar- lay on the sofa, looking through papers or watching TV. It was not just Fatigue and Lethargy, it turned out that without work his life had no meaning. If the other Beatles had smth to do: they spend time with their wives, had hobbies, Lennon seemed to have nothing to keep him steady in this life, to keep him going.

One could say that this feeling of John's was not solely related to Cynthia. I feel that this quote pictures his state of mind very well in the mid 70's.

I remember when Cynthia used to come to a few gigs and remember her sitting alone, out of the way, at Litherland Town Hall. The idea was that no one should know that John had a steady girl friend. Then Cynthia seemed to be absent from his life and when Virginia and I used to meet him at the Blue Angel he was going out with Ida Holly. At one time, when we left the Angel, we all shared a cab and we dropped Ida off at her home near Sefton Park.
Later on, we discovered that this must have been the time that Cynthia was pregnant, which is why she was 'out of sight', yet John then took up with Ida for a while.
She told me that she wanted to be a commere, so I fixed her up with some gigs at the Majestic ballroom and on the Mersey Beat boat to the Isle of Man.
If I knew how to put pictures on the forum I'd include one of her. She moved down to London and became a model known as Stevie Holly, but we lost touch

Bill, I'd like to report something that Rod Murray told me in 1987 or 1988. My memory is not that great, but I did make notes from my original tape of the interview.

Rod recalled that Stuart's painting, which was entered in the second John Moores Show, did not actually win a prize in the competition. John Moores bought it, himself, as a gift for his son, whom he had noticed admiring the piece.

Rod Murray was a wonderful interview subject, but very difficult to pin down. I believe I had to phone his office at  the Art College (Polytechnic) four or five times before he finally agreed to meet with me in his classroom/lab. I think he was working on the creation of a hologram project.

He was quite upbeat and had a great accent.

John Moore's did buy Stuart's 'Summer Painting', which was actually only one half a a large painting he'd done. He didn't use all the money to buy the guitar, just placed a deposit on it. The general reports were that Stuart had won the John Moore's exhibition, but I believe Rod was right. The money he received was for the sale of the painting. If he'd won the prize, he would have received a lot more money. Stuart attended the exhibition with his girlfriend Susan Williams.
I was at the Jacaranda with John when Stu and Rod painted the murals, with a little help from Rod Jones. After Alan Williams claimed
that John had been involved with the painting, which is not what I recall, I contacted Rod. He told me that John had nothing to do with it. He and Stu had painted murals in the Norris Green Territorial Army HQ and Ye Cracke and did them at the Jac. Yet I've just seen something Rod has written saying that John was involved with the murals, which contradicats everything he told me and what I observed.

Heard this book was supposed to be reallly good?
Anybody read it before?

It's one of my favorites books and I highly suggest you pick it up  

Oh okay. Sounds good to me. I'll have to read it sometime.