Excerpts From Beatle Books

The 1973 New Year's Eve party was at Ringo's, and George, Terry and I were all ready to go when I realized I had left something behind. I dashed upstairs to the bathroom- and saw the car lights disappearing into the night. They'd gone without me. I got into my car and drove towards Ringo's, but there was a thick fog arond Ascot and so much traffic that no one could see a thing and we hardly moved.
Suddenly, all the cars stopped because it was midnight and everyone got out of their cars to wish each other a happy new year- complete strangers were hugging each other.
When I finally arrived, George said, "Let's have a divorce this year."
On our wedding anniversary, January 21, 1974, I wrote in my diary, "Wedding anniversary. Joke!"
Ringo realized things were bad between George and me and offered me a job, which helped me take my mind off my problems. He was playing Merlin the Magician in a musical comedy with Harry Nilsson called Son of Dracula. He asked me to do still shots.
At home, the madness continued. Until one day, George, Chris O'Dell, and I went to Ringo's house, where George , in front of everyone, proceeded to tell Ringo that he was in love with his wife. Ringo worked himself up into a terrible state and went about saying, "Nothing is real, nothing is real." I was furious.
I went straight out and dyed my hair red.