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John Lennon
Quotes by John Lennon
Quotes by John Lennon
“Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.”
John Lennon
“And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.”
John Lennon
“Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.”
John Lennon
“The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.”
John Lennon
“We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship.”
John Lennon
“It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?”
John Lennon
“You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.”
John Lennon
“When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.”
John Lennon
“If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.”
John Lennon
“Love and peace are eternal.”
John Lennon
“Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.”
John Lennon
“You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.”
John Lennon
“I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!”
John Lennon
“It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.”
John Lennon
“All you need is love.”
John Lennon
“All we are saying is give peace a chance.”
John Lennon
“I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity.”
John Lennon
“Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.”
John Lennon
“Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.”
John Lennon
“You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.”
John Lennon
“Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.”
John Lennon
“Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.”
John Lennon
“Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.”
John Lennon
“Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.”
John Lennon
“The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.”
John Lennon
