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Sean Ono Lennon<\/strong> says the only reason he decided to learn to play music was to get closer to his late father, The<\/strong>\u00a0Beatles<\/strong>‘ John Lennon<\/strong>, who was killed in 1980 when Sean was only 5.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI never played music because I was good at it,\u201d he tells<\/span> <\/span><\/em>People<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a> in a new interview. “I lost my father and I didn’t know how to fill that void. Learning how to play his songs on guitar was a way to process the loss with an activity that made me feel connected to him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

He adds, \u201cWhen you\u2019ve lost a parent, things like that motivate you \u2014 because you’re trying to find them. Making music always made me feel like I was getting to know him better.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Sean continues to learn more about his dad by managing John’s legacy, being involved in things like the recent <\/span>Mind Games<\/span><\/em> box set and more. And the more he works on these projects, the more connected he feels to his dad, especially since\u00a0many of the archival\u00a0tapes include\u00a0John interacting with his fellow musicians.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou’re constructing somebody out of fragments,\u201d he explains. \u201cI grew up mostly knowing my dad through pictures and recordings, because he wasn’t around. So whenever I hear my dad saying anything that I haven’t heard before, even just a little moment, it means so much to me.”<\/span><\/p>\n

He adds, “It\u2019s like gold. It\u2019s precious because it’s like getting more time with him.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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