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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/last-lennon-interview-revealed.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="The cover of Rolling Stone magazine carries image of former Beatle John Lennon (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-last-lennon-interview-revealed.jpg" alt="The cover of Rolling Stone magazine carries image of former Beatle John Lennon (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Three days before he was gunned down, John Lennon complained about his critics &#8211; saying they were just interested in &#8220;dead heroes&#8221;.</p>
<p>He also talked optimistically about his family and future, musing that he had &#8220;plenty of time&#8221; to accomplish some of his life goals.</p>
<p>He spoke in an interview released to the Associated Press by Rolling Stone on Wednesday, the 30th anniversary of the musician&#8217;s death.</p>
<p>The issue of Rolling Stone magazine containing Lennon&#8217;s final interview will be on US news stands on Friday.</p>
<p>While brief excerpts of Jonathan Cott&#8217;s interview with Lennon were released for a 1980 Rolling Stone cover story days after Lennon&#8217;s death, this is the first time the entire interview has been published.</p>
<p>&#8220;His words are totally joyous and vibrant and hopeful and subversive and fearless,&#8221; said Cott. &#8220;He didn&#8217;t mince words.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lennon saves some of his harshest words for critics who were perennially disappointed with his path in both music and life after leaving the Beatles.</p>
<p>&#8220;These critics with the illusions they&#8217;ve created about artists &#8211; it&#8217;s like idol worship,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They only like people when they&#8217;re on their way up &#8230; I cannot be on the way up again.</p>
<p>&#8220;What they want is dead heroes, like Sid Vicious and James Dean. I&#8217;m not interesting in being a dead (expletive) hero. So forget &#8217;em, forget &#8217;em.&#8221;</p>
<p>He also predicted that Bruce Springsteen, then hailed as rock&#8217;s bright future, would endure the same critical barbs: &#8220;And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he&#8217;s no longer God. They&#8217;ll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.&#8221;</p>
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