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He later admitted to regretting that line about Mao.

Interesting. I had not heard that. He was right though.

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In Beatlesongs , by William J. Dowlding, there is a Lennon quote that says,

"I should never have put that in about Chairman Mao. I was just finishing off in the studio when I did that."

Another quote is,"...the original version which ends up on the LP said 'count me in' too; I put in both because I wasn't sure....On the version released as a single I said. 'When you talk about destruction you can count me out.' I didn't want to get killed.

Also, " It's a yin-yang thing. We all have a streak of violence underneath."