John Lennon said The Beatles’ The White Album took a long time to complete. John didn’t really like to listen to The Beatles’ classic albums. He didn’t like listening to other artists’ albums, even if they were good.
John Lennon said The Beatles‘ The White Album took a long time to finish. For example, he said he spent eight hours to mix one of the songs on the album. In addition, John revealed why he didn’t listen to his albums for pleasure.
“Are you kidding?” he said. “For pleasure, I would never listen to them.”
John discussed what he thought when he listened to his old albums. “When I hear them, I just think of the session — the 48 hours Paul and I sat up putting The White Album in order until we were going crazy; the eight hours of mixing ‘Revolution 9‘ — whatever. Jesus, we were sitting hours doing the bloody guitars. I remember every detail of the work.”
Source: Matthew Trzcinski/cheatsheet.com