He described the song's meaning and explicated its commercial appeal: "Anti-religious, anti-nationalistic, anti-conventional, anti-capitalistic, but because it is sugarcoated it is accepted ... Now I understand what you have to do.
Na vprašanje o pesmi v enem zadnjih intervjujev je Lennon dejal, da se mu zdi njena kompozicija tako močna, kot katerakoli pesem, ki jo je napisal s skupino The Beatles.