Top 20 May Pang Quotes

When John and I were together, and this is about a week or two before our relationship ended, I remember him saying, ‘Do you think I should write with Paul again?’ I said, ‘Absolutely. You should because you want to. The two of you as solo performers are good, but together you can’t be beaten.’

I was born to Chinese immigrant parents, who came from Taiyuan.

I think I have a right to write about John.

I wanted to be cleared up about that Lost Weekend. I’ve heard enough of the myth. It was frustrating, but I let it go.

People say, ‘Oh God, you’re name-dropping.’ Well who else comes to your house when you’re John Lennon? These were normal friends to him. McCartney, Jagger, they’d stop in and I’d order pizza or Mick’s favorite beef curry from the local Chinese restaurant. We did normal things.

If anybody had told me I was going to live outside of New York City, I would have thought they were out of their minds.

I had access to John like very few people had had.

John was a very talented person who gave the world a lot of happiness through his music.

A friend of mine kept saying, ‘You tell all these stories about John, and when you do, you say, ‘Wait a minute, I have a photo to go along with that!’ How come we never see these photos in a book?’ So, I thought maybe it’s time to put them out. It would let people see John in that world, through my eyes.

One day, we were going to the studio for John’s recording session, and as we were leaving to get to the studio, in the elevator, all of a sudden, John leaned over and gave me a kiss. He said, ‘I’ve been waiting to do this all day.’ I said, ‘What are you talking about?’ What happened was, he’d liked me.

Goldfish in Chinese restaurants are there to draw in the gold, the money.

I’ve been airbrushed out, as it were. You can imagine my frustration at being erased from history deliberately. I really don’t know how Yoko can sleep at night knowing what she’s done. But I can tell you I sleep very peacefully.

The likelihood of John having an affair with Brian Epstein is absurd, and actually impossible. Even when Phil Spector once tied up and threatened male sex against him, John was terrified.

A friend of ours said, ‘You think you’re really going to have that much hair at 65?’ I mean, John got insulted by that.

Many of what are now considered historic events, such as John and Paul McCartney’s only jam session after The Beatles split up, weren’t photographed. I’m surprised I captured as many moments as I did.

I grew up with feng shui, but I never saw any jewelry that would give me the energy I needed and also looked good.

Most people have come to know the time that John Lennon and I spent together as The Lost Weekend. I am always surprised by how many people are under the impression that our time together lasted only a single weekend.

I just get tired of the same rehashing of lies and myths.

When you hear something that’s not correct, it really starts to irk someone.

John would drink, too, but he would stop. After a while, John would say, ‘I’ve had enough, I don’t want to be in the papers.’