After Thirty Four Years
In August 2010 a letter which was sent by John Lennon way back in 1971 had finally reached the original receiver, a folk singer Steve Tilston, said The Daily Telegraph. This letter was Lennon’s answer to Tilston’s interview that was given to the ZigZag magazine; he had simply sent it to the publisher, but unfortunately it did not get to the right place. Later it was purchased by an American collector, and only five years ago Tilston was able to see it. Therefore, it took thirty four years to actually reach the guy, who was definitely quite surprised by this thing. In his ZigZag interview Tilston was saying that he doesn’t want to become rich because it can negatively affect his songwriting skills. In a brief reply Lennon told him that he is practically wrong in such a conclusion. “Being rich doesn’t change your experiences in the way you think. The only difference, basically, is that you don’t have you worry about money – food – roof etc. But all other experiences - emotions – relationships – are the same as anybodies”. On the other hand, Yoko Ono remembers how John was writing this message, she noted: “This one is very special because he was writing to another musician, didn’t want to sound preachy, so made his handwriting oddly rough and artistic”. What if Tilston had acquired this letter in 1971?