Some Time in New York City: John Lennon’s Manhattan
Steve Turner, Independent, The, 18 August 1990
"I should have been born in New York," John Lennon once said. "I should have been born in the Village. Thats where I belong. Everybody heads towards the centre and thats why Im here now. Im here just to breathe it."
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