Lennon has said that he was looking for a way out of the Beatles since 1966, and his angst and frustrations come out loud and clear on this heavy blues number. With reference to the line "even hate my rock n roll", Lennon also commonly dismissed much of his work with the Beatles, even going so far as to say that Sgt. Peppers was a piece of garbage. Thus proving that true artists always hate their work, are resentful of those that like it, and offended by those that don't
Lennon has said that he was looking for a way out of the Beatles since 1966, and his angst and frustrations come out loud and clear on this heavy blues number. With reference to the line "even hate my rock n roll", Lennon also commonly dismissed much of his work with the Beatles, even going so far as to say that Sgt. Peppers was a piece of garbage. Thus proving that true artists always hate their work, are resentful of those that like it, and offended by those that don't