Sutcliffe, left art school, at John's urging and joined the band.In school John was a prankster and often did poorly in many subjects. He did excel in art and later attended art school. It was there John met his first wife, Cynthia. They were married in 1962 and had a son, Julian. Cynthia said of John, "He was rough, ready and not her type at all, but had an irresistible character."*"If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or my music, then in that respect you can call me that...I believe in what I do, and I'll say it." ~John Stuart and Pete Best, another "5th Beatles", who was the drummer of the early group, departed before they began recording. Brian Epstein had discovered the band at a local club called the "Cavern" in Liverpool and soon had them signed to a recording contract with George Martin and released their first single "Love Me Do" in 1962.After that, The Beatles went on to conquer the music world for the next 7 years. John and Cynthia were divorced during this time period, as the increasing pressure of fame tore them apart. John met an artist, Yoko Ono at the Indica Gallery in 1966. He was drawn to her after he went to her art show. There he saw one of her pieces, which consisted of a step ladder, a canvas on the ceiling and a magnifying glass hanging down from it. He climbed up the ladder and looked through the magnifying glass and saw simply the word "Yes". This message spoke positively to John and from that moment on they were inseparable. They were married in 1969.*"Now, in the sixties we were naive, like children. Everybody went back to their rooms, and said, 'We didn't get a wonderful world of just flowers and peace and happy chocolate, and it won't be just pretty and beautiful all the time,' and just like babies everyone went back to their rooms and sulked. 'We're going to stay in our rooms and play rock and roll and not do anything else, because the world's a horrible place, because it did...
