This is an index to All We Are Saying, ^[1] the book by David Sheff of his 1980 Playboy interview with John Lennon. In the interview, John and Yoko covered many topics, but most importantly, David Sheff asked John about many of his Lennon/McCartney songs and solo compositions. The songs weren't covered in any strict sequence, and the book isn't indexed, so as-is it's hard to find information about a given song when you want it.

I made this index for my own use as well as any other Lennon/ Beatle researchers who use the book as a reference.

Contents
Songs Albums Books Films People and Bands Topics Notes

Songs

A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P  Q   R   S   T  U  V   W  X   Y  Z

• " #9 Dream" – 216
• " (Just Like) Starting Over" – 130, 221, 222

A

• " Across the Universe" – 191-193
• " All I've Got to Do" – 193
• " All My Loving" – 171
• " All Together Now" – 201
• " And I Love Her" – 173
• " And Your Bird Can Sing" – 180
• " Another Girl" – 195
• " Any Time at All" – 195

B

• " Baby You're a Rich Man" – 184
• " Baby's in Black" – 205
• " Back in the U.S.S.R." – 188
• " Bad to Me" – 170
• " Ballad of John and Yoko" – 200-201, 219
• " Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" – 224
• " Beautiful Boys" – 20, 226
• " Because" – 191
• " Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" – 183
• " Birthday" – 190
• " Blackbird" – 200
• " Bless You" – 217
• " Blowin' in the Wind" – 121
• " Bridge Over Troubled Water" – 202

C

• " Can't Buy Me Love" – 172, 195
• " Carry That Weight" – 203
• " Child of Nature" – 200
• " Cleanup Time" – 221, 222
• " Cold Turkey" – 209, 215, 219
• " Come Together" – 201
• " Coming Up" – 83
• " Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill, The" – 199
• " Cry Baby Cry" – 200

D

• " Day in the Life, A" – 183-185
• " Day Tripper" – 177, 179
• " Dear Prudence" – 198-199
• " Dear Yoko" – 109, 227
• " Dig a Pony" – 205
• " Do You Want to Know a Secret" – 164-165
• " Doctor Robert" – 180
• "Don’t Want to See You Again" – 194
• " Don't Let Me Down" – 204
• "Don't Worry, Kyoko" – 219-220
• " Drive My Car" – 205

E

• " Eight Days a Week" – 174
• " Eleanor Rigby" – viii, 114, 139-140, 179
• " End, The" – 203-204
• " Every Little Thing (song)" – 205
• " Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him" – 12, 183, 227-228
• " Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey" – 109, 190-191

F

• " Fixing a Hole" – 196
• " Fool on the Hill, The" – 186, 198
• " For No One" – 180
• "From a Window" – 172
• " From Me to You" – 138, 168-169

G

• " Get Back" – 201-202
• " Getting Better" – 182
• " Girl" – 197
• " Give Me Something" – 224
• " Give Peace a Chance" – 39, 209, 214-215
• " Glass Onion" – 87, 89, 199
• " God" – 38
• " Golden Slumbers (The Beatles song)" – 203
• " Good Day Sunshine" – 180
• " Good Morning Good Morning" – 183
• " Good Night" – 200
• " Got to Get You into My Life" – 181

H

• " Happiness Is a Warm Gun" – 188-189
• " Happy Xmas (War is Over)" – 216
• " Hard Day's Night, A" – 89, 175
• " Hard Times Are Over (For a While)" – xv-xviii, 39, 220, 228
• " Heartbreak Hotel" – 56
• " Hello Little Girl" – 172
• " Hello, Goodbye" – 198
• " Help! (song)" – 89, 174, 176
• " Helter Skelter" – 200
• " Here, There and Everywhere" – 179
• " He's So Fine" – 150
• " Hey Bulldog" – 204
• " Hey Jude" – 139, 186
• " Hold Me Tight" – 171
• " Honey Pie" – 200
• " Hound Dog" – 84
• " How Do You Sleep?" – 211

I

• " I Am the Walrus" – 73, 87-89, 184-186, 199
• " I Am Woman" – 216
• " I Call Your Name" – 169-170
• " I Don't Want to Spoil the Party" – 195
• " I Feel Fine" – 173
• "I Get You" – 205
• "I Know (I Know)" – 214
• " I Saw Her Standing There" – 194
• " I Should Have Known Better" – 194
• " I Wanna Be Your Man" – 171
• " I Want to Hold Your Hand" – 138-139, 175
• " I Want You (She's So Heavy)" – 202
• " I Will" – 200
• " If I Fell" – 194-195
• " I'll Be Back" – 173
• " I'll Be on My Way" – 170
• " I'll Cry Instead" – 195
• " I'll Follow the Sun" – 174
• "I'll Keep You Satisfied" – 172, 194
• " I'm a Loser" – 195
• " I'm Down" – 194
• " I'm Happy Just to Dance with You" – 165, 195
• " I'm in Love" – 172
• " I'm Looking Through You" – 196
• "I'm Losing You" – 40, 223, 226
• " I'm Moving On" – 224
• " I'm Only Sleeping" – 198
• " I'm So Tired" – 199
• " I'm the Greatest" – 213-214
• " I'm Your Angel" – 225
• " Imagine" – vii, 18, 38, 73, 212
• " In My Life" – 137, 152-154, 178, 193, 194
• " Instant Karma" – 215-216
• " It Won't Be Long" – 87, 170, 195
• " It's Only Love" – 177
• " I've Got a Feeling" – 205
• " I've Just Seen a Face" – 195

J

• " Jealous Guy" – 200, 210
• " John Sinclair" – 220
• " Julia" – 189

K

• " Kiss Kiss Kiss" – 79, 130, 223-224

L

• " Lady Madonna" – 201
• " Let It Be" – 89, 202, 205
• " Like a Rolling Stone" – 211
• "Like Dreamers Do" – 172
• " Little Child" – 171
• " Long and Winding Road, The" – 205
• " Love Me Do" – 151-152, 175
• "Love of the Loved" – 172
• " Love" – 73
• " Lovely Rita" – 196-197
• " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" – 73, 88, 181-182, 185, 186

M

• " Maggie May" – 204
• " Magical Mystery Tour (song)" – 185
• " Martha My Dear" – 200
• " Maxwell's Silver Hammer" – 202
• " Mean Mr. Mustard" – 203
• " Michelle" – 136
• " Mind Games (song)" – 213
• " Misery" – 169
• " Miss You" – 217
• " Moonlight Sonata" – 191
• " Mother Nature's Son" – 200
• " My Sweet Lord" – 150
• " New York City" – 219

N

• " Night Before, The" – 194
• " No Reply" – 173
• "Nobody I Know" – 194
• " Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)" – 217
• " Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" – 58, 178
• " Not a Second Time" – 194
• " Nowhere Man" – 193

O

• " Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" – 198
• " Oh! Darling" – 202-203
• " Oh, Yoko" – 109, 211-212
• " Old Dirt Road" – 216-217
• " One After 909" – 204
• "One and One Is Two" – 173
• " One Day at a Time" – 213
• " Only People" – 214
• " Only the Lonely" – 168
• " Out the Blue" – 214

P

• " P.S. I Love You" – 168
• " Paperback Writer" – 179
• " Peggy Sue" – 207
• " Penny Lane" – 152
• " Piggies" – 200
• " Please Please Me" – 168, 175
• " Polythene Pam" – 203
• " Power to the People" – 216

R

• " Rain" – 197-198
• " Revolution 1" – 186-187
• " Revolution 9" – 55, 188
• " Revolution" – 186-187
• " Rock Around the Clock" – 56
• " Rocky Raccoon" – 189-
• " Run for Your Life" – 179
• " Rust Never Sleeps" – 57

S

• " Sexy Sadie" – 191
• " Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise)" – 197
• " Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" – 197
• " She Came in Through the Bathroom Window" – 203
• " She Loves You" – 138, 168-169, 175
• " She Said She Said" – 179-180
• " She's a Woman" – 173-174
• "Silhouettes" – 174
• " Singin' in the Rain" – 71
• " Soldier Boy" – 168
• "Soldier Song" – 121
• " Something" – 89, 165
• " Steel and Glass" – 217
• "Step Inside Love" – 198
• " Strawberry Fields Forever" – x, 47, 152-159, 164, 186, 192
• " Subterranean Homesick Blues" – 19, 101, 120, 131
• " Sun King" – 205
• " Surprise, Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox)" – 217

T

• " Taxman" – 149-150, 166
• " Tell Me What You See" – 195
• " Tell Me Why" – 195
• " Thank You Girl" – 169
• " That Means a Lot" – 195
• " That's All Right (Mama)" – 84
• " There's a Place" – 193
• " Things We Said Today" – 194
• " This Boy" – 137, 193, 196
• " Ticket to Ride" – 196, 198
• " Tight A$" – 213
• "Tip of My Tongue" – 194
• " To Know Her Is to Love Her" – 172
• " Tomorrow Never Knows" – 181
• " Too Much Monkey Business" – 113
• " Twist and Shout" – 169
• " Two of Us" – 204

W

• " Watching the Wheels" – xi, 105, 224-225
• " We Can Work It Out" – x, 177-178
• " What Goes On" – 178
• " What You Got" – 217
• " What You're Doing" – 205
• " Whatever Gets You Thru the Night" – 212
• " When I Get Home" – 195
• " When I'm Sixty-Four" – 183
• " Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" – 57
• " Why Don't We Do It in the Road?" – 189
• " With a Little Help from My Friends" – 181
• " Within You Without You" – 186
• " Woman Is the Nigger of the World" – 216
• " Woman" – 183, 226
• " Word, The" – 205
• " World Without Love, A" – 173
• " Ya-Ya" – 217-218

Y

• " Yellow Submarine (song)" – 179
• " Yer Blues" – 199-200
• " Yes It Is" – 196
• " Yesterday (song)" – x, 56, 84, 89, 172, 177
• " You Are Here" – 214
• " You Can't Do That" – 194
• " You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)" – 204-205
• " You Never Give Me Your Money" – 202
• " You Won't See Me" – 196
• " Your Mother Should Know" – 198
• " You're Going to Lose That Girl" – 196
• " You've Got to Hide Your Love Away" – 196

Albums

• Abbey Road – 143, 202, 204
• Blonde on Blonde – 122
• Double Fantasy – viii, xviii, 19, 34-39, 45, 91, 113-114, 221, 228
• Hard Day's Night, A – 143
• Highway 61 Revisited – 122
• John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band – 48, 73, 124, 209-210, 213, 214
• Let It Be – 192
• Live Peace in Toronto 1969 – 18
• Magical Mystery Tour – 185-186
• Milk and Honey – viii
• Please Please Me – 190
• Revolver – 190
• Rock 'n' Roll – 26-27, 206-207
• Rubber Soul – 190
• Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band – 143, 185, 190
• The Beatles – 55, 190
• Walls and Bridges – 9, 27, 31, 207
• Two Virgins – 208-209
• Imagine – 213, 214
• Some Time in New York City – 218-220
• Yesterday and Today – 218-219

Books

• In His Own Write – 142, 152, 174, 185
• A Spaniard in the Works – 142
• Alice in Wonderland – 142, 181, 185
• I Me Mine – 148
• Tibetan Book of the Dead – 181
• Grapefruit – 212

Films

• Hard Day's Night, A – 110, 165, 173, 174-176, 194, 195
• Help! – 110, 174-176
• Rosemary's Baby – vii
• How I Won the War – 47, 153
• Yellow Submarine – 147, 204
• Easy Rider – 180

People and bands

A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H  I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T  U   V   W  X   Y   Z

Includes fictional people

A (people)

• Alsopf, Kenneth – 179
• Asher, Jane – 138, 140, 172, 194, 196
• Asher, Peter – 173
• Aspinall, Neil – 139

B (people)

• B-52's, The – 55
• Batman – 176
• Beatles, The – 82-84, 126, 160
  • as false gods – 37
  • breakup – 48, 104
  • butcher cover – 218-219
  • influence on fans, society – 91-93, 129-130
  • influence on rock 'n' roll – 86-87
  • reunion – 71-74, 79-86, 89-90, 93
  • reunion for charity – 79-81, 93-94
  • without Harrison and Starr – 166
• Beethoven – 135
• Bernstein, Sidney – 79, 81
• Berry, Chuck – 122, 148
• Byrds, The – 180

C (people)

• Carroll, Lewis – 156, 158, 185
• Carter, Jimmy – 131
• Castenada, Carlos – 101
• Chandler, Jeff – 128
• Chiffons, The – 150
• Clash, The – 85
• Cleave, Maureen – 175
• Cox, Kyoko – 63-66
• Cox, Tony – 64-66
• Crosby, Bing – 168, 221

D (people)

• Davies, Hunter – 137
• Dean, James – 57
• Denver, John – 73, 200
• Domino, Fats – 56
• Donegan, Lonnie – 169
• Douglas, Jack – xiii, 113, 222
• Dulcimer player on Double Fantasy – 113-114
• Dunbar, John – 102-103
• Dylan, Bob – 80, 83, 119-122, 131, 176, 179, 184, 195, 196, 211

E (people)

• Electric Light Orchestra – 89
• Epstein, Brian – 51, 89, 154, 165, 171, 187, 204
  • rumors of affair – 170
• Erhard, Werner – 126, 129
• Evans, Mal – 139
• Everly Brothers, The – 152, 196

F (people)

• Farrow, Mia – 198
• Flynn, Errol – 23, 25
• Fonda, Peter – 180

G (people)

• Garbo, Greta – 57
• Ghandi – 118-119
• Ginsberg, Allen – 115, 184, 203
• Golson, Barry – 135
• Graustark, Barbara – 135
• Gregory, Dick – 212

H (people)

• Haley, Bill – 56
• Hammerstein, Oscar II – 72, 84
• Harris, Julie – 220
• Harrison, George – 82-84, 86, 89, 140, 148-149, 163, 164-167, 179, 186, 189, 195, 200, 214
  • and relationship with McCartney – 149-150
  • Concert for Bangladesh – 80
  • songwriting ability – 165
• Hart, Lorenz – 72, 84
• Hefner, Hugh – 69
• Hendrix, Jimi – 173, 197
• Hitler, Adolph – 37, 108
• Hoffman, Abbie – 115, 117, 187
• Holly, Buddy – 152, 163, 207
• Hopkins, Nicky – xiii

J (people)

• Jagger, Mick – x, 50, 80, 171, 217
• James, Dick – 174
• Janov, Arthur – 122-126, 128
• Jesus – 80, 119, 126-127, 131, 184
• John, Elton – 80, 83
  • Madison Square concert with – 31
• Jolson, Al – 79
• Jones, Brian – 205
• Juan, Don – 101

K (people)

• Kelly, Gene – 71
• Kennedy, John – 26
• Kennedy, Ted – 26
• Keyes, Bobby – 22-23
• King, Martin Luther, Jr. – 118
• Klein, Allen – 64-65, 166, 217
• Kramer, Billy J. – 170

L (people)

• Leary, Timothy – 201
• Leitch, Donovan – 179
• Lennon, Cynthia – 63, 66, 149, 165, 170, 178, 191
• Lennon, Freddie – 162-163
• Lennon, John
  • as sex object – 70
  • covers of his songs – 56
  • expressing emotions in public – 210-211
  • fan interpretations of lyrics – 87
  • father figures – 124-126, 128
  • his death – viii, 6
  • househusband, temporary retirement – ix, 4-5, 8-10, 66-69, 145
  • lost weekend – 15, 21-30, 206
  • marriage to Yoko Ono – 107-109
  • meeting Yoko Ono – 102-104
  • peace events – 6-7, 109
  • relationship with ex-Beatles – 151
  • relationship with Yoko Ono – 100-102, 145
  • sailing – 77-79
  • self-criticism – 55
  • Tampax incident – 23-25, 207
  • his wealth – 94-100
• Lennon, Julia – 161-163, 165, 172, 186, 189-190
• Lennon, Julian – 63, 66, 181, 186, 200, 218
• Lennon, Sean – ix, 58-61, 70, 91, 147-148, 220, 221, 224, 225
• Lester, Richard – 47, 154, 174-176, 195
• Levy, Morris – 218
• Lewis, Jerry – 72
• Lewis, Jerry Lee – 56
• Linkletter, Art – 111
• London, Julie – 220
• Loren, Sophia – 60

M (people)

• Magnussen, Jakob – xiii
• Maharishi – See: Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh
• Manson, Charles – 88, 200
• Mao, Chairman – 218
• Martin, Dean – 72
• Martin, George – 51, 194
• McCartney, Linda – 145, 203
• McCartney, Paul – 48, 51, 73, 81-84, 86-89, 105, 145, 156, 160-164, 199, 214
  • competition with – 174
  • composing with – 136-140, 142-143
  • Lennon's resentment over his leadership of Beatles – 185-186
  • sabotaging Lennon songs – 191-192
  • skill as a bass player – 167-168
• McCracken, Hugh – xiii
• Michaels, Lorne – 81
• Miller, Glenn – 86, 89, 129-130
• Moon, Keith – 23
• Moon, Reverend – 37
• Morrison, Jim – 57
• Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus – 141
• Muhammadism – 127

N (people)

• Newmark, Andy – xiii
• Nillson, Harry – xiii, 22-23, 26, 69, 118, 216-217
• Nixon, Richard – 117, 218

O (people)

• Ono, Yoko
  • as mother – 66-67
  • controlling Lennon – 49
  • criticism of – x, 28, 50, 143
  • miscarriages – 60
  • relationship with Beatles – 143-144
• Orbison, Roy – 168

P (people)

• Peel, David – 219
• Penniman, "Little Richard" – 122
• Perkins, Carl – 190
• Peter and Gordon – 173
• Pickett, Wilson – 194, 195
• Plastic Ono Band – 209
• Presley, Elvis – 6, 83-85, 90, 122, 129, 148, 163, 177, 179, 190, 196
• Preston, Billy – 214
• Pretenders, The – 55, 220

Q (people)

• Quarrymen, The – 160, 178
• Queen (band) – 85

R (people)

• Ray, Johnny – 86
• Reagan, Ronald – 131
• Richards, Keith – 171
• Robbins, Tom – 105
• Robinson, Smokey – 193
• Rogers, Richard – 72, 84
• Rolling Stones, The – 51-52, 171
• Rotten, Johnny – 57
• Rubin, Jerry – 115-117, 187, 219

S (people)

• Shears, Billy – 197
• Shirelles, The – 168
• Shotton, Pete – 155, 160
• Simone, Nina – 136
• Sinatra, Frank – 217
• Sinclair, John – 115
• Slick, Earl – xiii
• Smith, George Toogood – 160, 164
• Smith, Mimi – 160-161
• Smothers Brothers, The – 25-26
• Sonny and Cher – 212
• Spector, Phil – xiii, 27, 192, 206
• Starr, Kay – 165
• Starr, Ringo – 82-84, 86, 89, 166-167, 171, 174, 178, 179, 181, 200, 214
  • skill as a drummer – 167, 214
• Swanson, Gloria – 57

T (people)

• Thomas, Dylan – 157

V (people)

• Van Gogh, Vincent – 25, 157
• Vaughan, Ivan – 155
• Vicious, Sid – 57
• Vidal, Gore – 95

W (people)

• Watts, Charlie – 51, 167-168
• Wayne, John – 57
• Weill, Kurt – 224
• Wells, H. G. – 38
• Whistler, James McNeill – 156
• Who, The – 173, 197
• Wilde, Oscar – 25, 156-157
• Wings (band) – 51, 82, 202, 221-222
• Wyman, Bill – 51

Y (people)

• Yogi, Maharishi Mahesh – 50, 126, 128, 154, 191, 198, 199, 200
• Young, Neil – 57-58

Z (people)

• Zuk, Tom – 135

Topics

• "A Heart Play" – 91
• "An Ear Play" – 91
• "Bigger than Christ" – 153-154, 175-176
• "Cranberry sauce"/"I buried Paul" – 87
• "Fat Elvis period" – 176-177
• "I buried Paul"/"Cranberry sauce" – 87
• "Paul is dead" hoax – 87-88
• "The toppermost of the poppermost" – 159
• "The walrus was Paul" – 87
• Abbey Road Studios – 55
• Aeolian cadences – 87, 170
• Astrology – xiv
• Brandy Alexander – 25-26
• Breast feeding – 69
• Buddha, Buddhism – 120, 126-127
• Chicago demonstrations – 115-116
• Christianity – 120, 129, 187
• CIA – 90, 111
• Cocaine – 111-112
• Confucianism – 127
• Decca audition – 172
• Drug dispensing in the "early days" – 180
• est (Erhard Seminars Training) – 128-129
• Evolution – 112-113
• Gender roles – 41-44
• God – 127
• Haiku – 88
• Hare Krishna – 184
• Heroin – 183, 215
• I Ching – 46
• Immigration – 115-116
• Indica Gallery – 102-104
• LSD – 110-111
• Macrobiotics – 112
• Maoism – 127
• Marijuana – 111, 176, 198, 205
• Marxism – 127, 129, 187
• Motown – 193, 195
• Muzak – 55, 89
• Pacifists who die violently – viii, 118
• Painting – 88
• Peru – 131
• Poetry – 88
• Political movements – 114-119
• Primal scream therapy – 122-126, 129
• Punk music – 57
• Religion – 127
• San Diego meeting – 115
• Saturday Night Live – 81
• Sun Records – 83
• United Artists – 204
• Vietnam War – 117, 187
• Violence – 115-117, 189
• World War I – 86
• World War II – 85, 86, 129

Notes