Days That I'll Remember

Jonathan Cott

JONATHAN COTT’S DEEPLY PERSONAL PORTRAIT OF HIS LONG AND INTIMATE FRIENDSHIP WITH JOHN LENNON AND YOKO ONO.

Jonathan Cott’s relationship with two of the most iconic figures of our time began in 1968 when, as London correspondent for the fledgling Rolling Stone, he went to interview John Lennon and Yoko Ono in their London flat. Later the same day Lennon invited Cott to sit in on a recording session at Abbey Road Studios. A friendship was born that lasted for the rest of Lennon’s life and still continues today between Cott and Yoko Ono. It was Jonathan Cott who interviewed the couple about their Double Fantasy album on December 5, 1980 in their apartment at the Dakota in New York. It would be Lennon’s last major interview. He was murdered outside that building three days later.

Days That I’ll Remember is a unique and treasurable addition to the canon of Beatles books. It offers a new insight into Lennon and Ono as individuals, artists and lovers. It is also a gifted music journalist’s memoir of a seismic time in music, politics and culture. Cott is one of the few people who understands how profoundly Yoko Ono influenced John Lennon.

In this rich account of their relationship, Cotts tells his own story alongside his many interviews with the couple. While most originally appeared in Rolling Stone, they usually did so in shortened form; the full-length versions here contain previously unpublished and often revealing material. Also featured is a recent Cott interview with Yoko Ono as well as images from her private archive. The result is one of the most incisive and affectionate portraits ever written about this world-altering couple.

"Jonathan Cott is somebody we all know in our circle to be a quiet genius. Rolling Stone asked him to interview us a few times. This book is a collection of those interviews. I heard John in my ears and felt him in my heart. You will get an inkling of two people in love, sometimes making daring remarks, yet not forgetting to protect each other in the interviews. In fact, this is really the way we were, folks! Have a good read.”  — YOKO ONO

“This is a lovingly assembled and beautifully written collection of conversations, observations, and memories of music, friendship, and days gone by. It’s good to be back again with John Lennon, his beloved Yoko Ono, and his trusted chronicler and friend Jonathan Cott.” — MARTIN SCORSESE

“Jonathan Cott is in that rarefied group of writers who have elevated the very idea of the
interview. He has that special ability to humanise people without destroying their magic.
Here he’s done it again with John and Yoko. Their humour, genius, eccentricities, and freely acknowledged flaws break through most of the clichés we have come to accept
about them.” — RICHARD GERE

Publication Date: 12.06.25
ISBN: 9781915841964
Extent: 256 pages
Format: Paperback

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