John Lennon Said 1 Song From The Beatles' 'White Album' Was About Hiding His True Self

John Lennon explained the meaning of one of the songs from The Beatles’ The White Album. He said he had a certain “defense” when he was in public. He said the album Imagine captured his authentic self.

The Beatles‘ The White Album includes songs about many topics. For example, John Lennon said one of the song was about hiding his true self. Notably, John said he tried to be authentic when he made music and films with Yoko Ono.

The book Lennon on Lennon: Interviews and Encounters includes an interview from 1980. In it. John discussed “Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey.” “As I put it in my last incarnation, ‘Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey,'” he said. “It means really that one cannot be absolutely oneself in public, because the fact that you’re in public makes you … you have to have some kind of defense, or whatever it is.”

Source: Matthew Trzcinski/cheatsheet.com

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