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John Lennon
Quotes by John Lennon
Quotes by John Lennon
“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”
John Lennon
“Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.”
John Lennon
“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.”
John Lennon
“Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.”
John Lennon
“You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!”
John Lennon
“As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.”
John Lennon
“I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.”
John Lennon
“The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to
live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding
ourselves against it?”
John Lennon
“He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and
the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.”
John Lennon
“These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way
up... I cannot be on the way up again.”
John Lennon
“I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and
answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.”
John Lennon
“My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a
preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.”
John Lennon
“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to
say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”
John Lennon
“We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's
going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.”
John Lennon
“Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.”
John Lennon
“I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.”
John Lennon
“Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity.”
John Lennon
“The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.”
John Lennon
“If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.”
John Lennon
“Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.”
John Lennon
“Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.”
John Lennon
“Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.”
John Lennon
“Love is the flower you've got to let grow.”
John Lennon
“Everything is clearer when you're in love.”
John Lennon
“God is a concept by which we measure our pain.”
John Lennon
“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.”
John Lennon
“The more I see the less I know for sure.”
John Lennon
“Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.”
John Lennon
“If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.”
John Lennon
“There's nothing you can know that isn't known.”
John Lennon
