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It goes without saying that all of The Beatles had a certain sense of artistic proclivity, but John Lennon<\/a> had a greater notion for the whimsy, the windswept, and the magic than most. <\/p>\n The cynics out there might attribute that to a level of drugs he was taking at the height of his career in the band \u2013 and they wouldn\u2019t necessarily be wrong \u2013 but even still, there always seemed to be an idea that Lennon, from all his humble beginnings at Mendips, 251 Menlove Avenue in Liverpool, was destined for a far more stratospheric life<\/a> than his suburban surroundings could offer. <\/p>\n The man himself put it best when he said in a 1980 interview: \u201cA part of me would like to be accepted by all facets of society and not be this loudmouthed lunatic poet\/musician. But I cannot be what I am not.\u201d That was, most evidently, a mantra which rang true to him through every step of his life and even death. In his eyes, following the musical path was the equivalent of running off to the circus.\u00a0<\/p>\n Of course, that didn\u2019t expressly mean that Lennon lived his days raucously and with a totally rambunctious air, although he could have his moments. Instead, the self-confessed notion of the \u201cloudmouthed lunatic\u201d was one that allowed him to follow the trail and land in the orbits of some pretty special people along the way, not least George Martin. <\/p>\n As much as the producer was a bridge of a friend and a father figure to all The Beatles, he was particularly closest to Lennon, with whom he found a kindred spirit. In this sense, he intrinsically understood what made him tick and what inspired him the most, and as far as fellow musicians went, there was only ever one man leading the charge.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cI think Bob Dylan was an influence more on John than anybody,\u201d Martin once recalled. \u201cI\u2019ve just been working with Bob Dylan, and I said, \u2018You know, John admired what you did enormously, and you were a tremendous influence on him.\u2019 He said, \u2018Oh, so people tell me.\u2019\u201d You can see exactly who he learned the whimsy attitude from, then.\u00a0<\/p>\n