Lucy Vodden was four when classmate Julian Lennon drew her picture. Later, his crayon-work famously inspired his Beatle-dad to write a song about acid. Lucy died yesterday from Lupus. She was 46.

AL CARPENTER, 51, MIDTOWN, NEW YORK

Did you hear about Lucy Vodden?

No, I haven’t seen it on TV. There had been another woman and I don’t think she was Lady Lucy but she was from a different country. She was definitely Caucasian.

Do you mean she’s white or was she a Eurasian from the Caucasus Mountains?

Yeah, I think she was from those mountains. Was that her?

Lucy was just a white Englishwoman. She was classmates with Julian—

Was he the son of Hoko Yodo?

Yoko Ono!

[laughs] Oh, yeah.

You think Chapman snuffed Lucy? Do you think he and Scotland Yard are in cahoots on the cover-up?

You know, anything is possible.

What’s your favorite Beatles song?

To be honest, I’m more a jazz person.

CLIFFORD PINTER, 63, BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN

How did you hear about Lucy’s death?

Wins AM 1010. I listen to it all the time.

How do you feel about it?

I can’t say anything about her—except for her singing. She sings pretty good.

She didn’t sing that song; it was a few of The Beatles.

Yeah, The Beatles! That’s where I heard it from.

John Lennon’s son, Julian, heavily influenced by acid, drew Lucy’s picture.

Yeah, I figured.

Have you ever done LSD?

Yeah, I did it in 1977. It was terrible for me. The guy I got it from lived in the Village. It was on a pink paper tab and I put it on my tongue. When it hit me—boy, I didn’t know what to do! I was going around and things were going back and forth. I had to get down. I just couldn’t take it.

What’s a better high?

Heroin! I’m a heroin add—well, I’m not addicted, but I used to be. I’m a year off the shit. I used for 40 years off and on.

What made you stop?

Well, I wasn’t doing anything, just as I’m not doing anything now [laughs]. Plus, you couldn’t find a good bag anymore.

Where were you when John Lennon was killed?

I don’t remember. I was living in Brooklyn.

What’s your favorite Beatles song and why?

It’s that one that goes, DAAAAA-DAT-DAT-DADA-DA-DA! “Hey…

“Hey…

…Jude!” All their songs are nice. I don’t know why The Beatles broke up.

It was Yoko’s fault, right?

Yeah.

Women are always fucking up male bonds.

Yeah.

Bros over hos.

What does that mean?

May I ask what happened to your hand?

Oh, I had a stroke ten years after I got out of the service in 1979.

Is it weird when people try to shake your hand?

I shake ‘em with my left hand, or sometimes with my right. Like right now.

[shake hands] Why do some associate that condition with retardation?

Sometimes when people laugh…well, it doesn’t bother me. I suppose they’ve just never known someone who had a stroke.

JIM GRAHAM, 72, GREENWICH VILLAGE, NEW YORK

Are you a fan of the song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”?

Yes, I liked it way back when. I heard the song was about acid, but that’s not what I thought about when I listened to the song.

Is LSD a drug you’ve tried?

No, I was never into drugs. I was into alcohol until that became a problem for me. I quit that years ago, though.

What would you say is your favorite Beatles song?

“Norwegian Wood.” I can’t think of the names anymore.

You were older than the target demographic.

Yeah, that’s about the time I stopped listening to popular music—after The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. I must have been in my 30s at least.

Why did Mark Chapman kill John?

I think he wanted to become famous.

Did you see the Jared Leto movie where he gained 50 pounds?

I didn’t see it.

No one did.

-PETER MADSEN

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