EVERYTHING EXISTS, EVEN IF IT IS ONLY IN YOUR MIND. WHO CAN SAY THAT DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES ARE NOT AS REAL AS THEY ARE HERE AND NOW?
JOHN LENNON
EVERYTHING EXISTS, EVEN IF IT IS ONLY IN YOUR MIND. WHO CAN SAY THAT DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES ARE NOT AS REAL AS THEY ARE HERE AND NOW?
JOHN LENNON
DREAMING ALONE IS ONLY A DREAM. DREAMING TOGETHER BECOMES REALITY.
JOHN LENNON
LIFE IS THE THING THAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU’RE BUSY DOING SOMETHING ELSE.
JOHN LENNON
THE TIME YOU TAKE PLEASURE IN WASTING IS NOT WASTED TIME
JOHN LENNON
I HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE, HE PRAYS.
JOHN LENNON
THE BASIC THING THAT NO ONE ASKS IS’WHY DO PEOPLE TAKE SO MANY DRUGS?’ WHY DO WE NEED THESE ACCESSORIES TO NORMAL LIFE TO LIVE? IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG IN OUR SOCIETY THAT PUTS US UNDER SO MUCH PRESSURE THAT WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT PROTECTION?
JOHN LENNON
EVERYTHING IS CLEARER WHEN YOU’RE IN LOVE
JOHN LENNON
YOU DON’T NEED SOMEONE TO TELL YOU WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU ARE. YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE!
JOHN LENNON
BEFORE ELVIS, THERE WAS NOTHING
JOHN LENNON
A DREAM YOU HAVE ALONE IS JUST A DREAM. A DREAM YOU HAVE TOGETHER IS REALITY
JOHN LENNON
WE ALL HAVE A HITLER IN US BUT WE ALSO HAVE LOVE AND PEACE. WHY NOT GIVE PEACE A CHANCE FOR ONCE?
JOHN LENNON
ART IS THE ONLY WAY TO EXPRESS YOUR SUFFERING
JOHN LENNON
WHEN YOU DROWN, YOU DON’T SAY’I’D REALLY BE VERY HAPPY IF SOMEONE REALIZED I’M DROWNING AND CAME TO HELP ME’, YOU JUST SHOUT
JOHN LENNON
WHAT WE MUST DO IS KEEP HOPE ALIVE. BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, WE WILL SINK
JOHN LENNON
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT HAPPINESS WAS THE KEY TO LIFE. AT SCHOOL, WHEN I WAS ASKED TO WRITE WHAT I WANTED TO BE LATER, I ANSWERED HAPPY. THEY TOLD ME THAT I HADN’T UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION, I TOLD THEM THAT THEY HADN’T UNDERSTOOD LIFE.
JOHN LENNON
FRENCH ROCK… IT’S A BIT LIKE ENGLISH WINE.
JOHN LENNON
IT IS EASY TO LIVE WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED, INTERPRETING THROUGH EVERYTHING YOU SEE.
JOHN LENNON
I LIKE TO WRITE, READ, LOOK OR TALK, BUT SEX IS THE ONLY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THAT CAN STILL INTEREST ME
JOHN LENNON
SURREALISM HAD A GREAT EFFECT ON ME BECAUSE I REALIZED THAT THE IMAGES IN MY MIND WERE NOT CRAZY. SURREALISM IS MY REALITY
JOHN LENNON
WE WERE ALL ON THIS SHIP IN THE SIXTIES, OUR GENERATION, A SHIP TO DISCOVER THE NEW WORLD. AND THE BEATLES WERE IN THE CROW’S NEST OF THAT SHIP
JOHN LENNON
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE WE HAVE TO HIDE TO MAKE LOVE, WHILE VIOLENCE IS PRACTICED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT.
JOHN LENNON
GOD IS A CONCEPT BY WHICH WE CAN MEASURE OUR PAIN
JOHN LENNON
IF YOU’RE TRYING TO GIVE ROCK’N ROLL A DIFFERENT NAME, YOU SHOULD CALL IT CHUCK BERRY
JOHN LENNON
I BELIEVE IN EVERYTHING UNTIL IT IS DISPROVED. SO I BELIEVE IN FAIRIES, MYTHS, DRAGONS. THEY ALL EXISTED IF THEY ARE IN OUR MINDS. WHO CAN SAY THAT DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES ARE NOT AS REAL AS THEY ARE HERE AND NOW
JOHN LENNON
BEFORE YOU WANT TO MAKE REVOLUTION FOR OTHERS, FIRST MAKE REVOLUTION IN YOUR HEADS.
JOHN LENNON
LOVE IS LIKE A FLOWER. GIVE HIM TIME AND HE’LL GROW UP.
JOHN LENNON
MAY GOD HELP BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN WHEN THEY DECIDE HE IS NO LONGER GOD… THEY WILL TURN AGAINST HIM AND I HOPE HE WILL SURVIVE THIS.
JOHN LENNON
IF EVERYONE WERE TO ASK FOR PEACE INSTEAD OF ANOTHER TELEVISION SET, THERE WOULD BE PEACE
JOHN LENNON
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT HAPPINESS WAS THE KEY TO LIFE. WHEN I WENT TO SCHOOL, THEY ASKED ME WHAT I WANTED TO BE WHEN I GREW UP. I ANSWERED HAPPY. THEY TOLD ME THAT I HADN’T UNDERSTOOD THE QUESTION. I REPLIED THAT THEY HAD NOT UNDERSTOOD LIFE.
JOHN LENNON
MUSIC BELONGS TO EVERYONE. ONLY PUBLISHERS BELIEVE IT BELONGS TO SOMEONE.
JOHN LENNON
CHRISTIANITY WILL LEAVE. HE WILL DISAPPEAR AND SINK. I DON’T NEED TO DISCUSS THIS. I AM RIGHT AND I WILL BE PROVEN RIGHT. WE ARE MORE POPULAR THAN JESUS TODAY. I DON’T KNOW WHO WILL GO FIRST, ROCK’N ROLL OR CHRISTIANITY
JOHN LENNON
IF EVERYONE WERE TO ASK FOR PEACE INSTEAD OF ANOTHER TELEVISION SET, THEN THERE WOULD BE PEACE.
JOHN LENNON
CAN YOU SING US SOMETHING? MONEY FIRST!
JOHN LENNON
IF SOMEONE THINKS THAT LOVE AND PEACE ARE A CLICHé TO BE LEFT TO THE SIXTIES, THAT’S THEIR PROBLEM. LOVE AND PEACE ARE ETERNAL
JOHN LENNON
I TRY TO LIVE LIKE CHRIST, AND IT’S HARD, I CAN TELL YOU.
JOHN LENNON
BEFORE ELVIS, THERE WAS NOTHING. MY MAIN AMBITION IN LIFE WAS TO BECOME AS FAMOUS AS ELVIS.
JOHN LENNON
OUR SOCIETY IS RUN BY CRAZY PEOPLE WITH CRAZY GOALS. I THINK WE ARE LED BY MANIACS FOR MANIACAL PURPOSES AND I THINK I CAN BE CALLED CRAZY TO SAY THAT. THAT’S WHAT MADNESS IS ALL ABOUT.
JOHN LENNON
FRENCH ROCK IS LIKE ENGLISH WINE.
JOHN LENNON
I FOUNDED THE BEATLES AND DISSOLVED THEM, IT’S THAT SIMPLE.
JOHN LENNON
MUSIC BELONGS TO EVERYONE. ONLY PUBLISHERS THINK PEOPLE HAVE IT
JOHN LENNON
TALKING ABOUT MUSIC IS LIKE TALKING ABOUT SEX… WHY TALK ABOUT IT?
JOHN LENNON
WHY DO I LIVE IN NEW YORK? BECAUSE IF I HAD LIVED IN ANTIQUITY I WOULD HAVE LIVED IN ROME.
JOHN LENNON
MANY PEOPLE WHO COMPLAINED THAT WE RECEIVED THE MBE (MOST EXCELLENT ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE) RECEIVED THEIRS FOR THEIR HEROISM IN THE WAR
JOHN LENNON
IMAGINE THAT THERE IS NO COUNTRY OR RELIGION.
JOHN LENNON
YOU CAN SAY I’M A DREAMER, BUT I’M NOT THE ONLY ONE. I HOPE THAT ONE DAY YOU WILL BE ONE OF US, AND THE WORLD WILL BE UNITED.
JOHN LENNON
EVERYONE LOVES YOU WHEN YOU’RE SIX FEET UNDER THE GROUND
JOHN LENNON
THE OLD JOKE ABOUT MONEY, POWER AND GLORY… THE BEATLES HAD ALL THAT, AND THEY REALIZED THEY HAD NOTHING AT ALL.
JOHN LENNON
ROCK DIED THE DAY ELVIS LEFT FOR THE ARMY.
JOHN LENNON
I’M NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY LOOK OR WAY OF THINKING TO CONFORM TO ANYTHING. I’VE ALWAYS BEEN A FREAK. I’VE BEEN A FREAK ALL MY LIFE AND I HAVE TO LIVE WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, I’M THAT KIND OF PERSON
JOHN LENNON
I WANT MONEY JUST TO BE RICH.
JOHN LENNON
FOR OUR NEXT TITLE, CAN PEOPLE IN THE CHEAPEST PLACES CLAP THEIR HANDS? AND EVERYONE ELSE, SHAKE YOUR JEWELS!
JOHN LENNON
MY ROLE IN SOCIETY, OR THE ROLE OF ANY ARTIST OR POET, IS TO TRY TO 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 ALL OF US
JOHN LENNON
HOW DID YOU FIND AMERICA? BY TURNING LEFT IN GREENLAND!
JOHN LENNON
WHEN I WAS A BEATLE, I THOUGHT WE WERE THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD. IT IS BECAUSE WE BELIEVED HIM THAT WE BECAME WHAT WE BECAME!
JOHN LENNON
AS USUAL, THERE’S ALWAYS A BIG WOMAN BEHIND EVERY IDIOT
JOHN LENNON
RINGO STARR WAS NOT THE BEST DRUMMER IN LIVERPOOL. HE WASN’T EVEN THE BEST DRUMMER IN THE BEATLES.
JOHN LENNON
WRITING REVIEWS ON MUSIC IS LIKE EXPLAINING HOW TO FUCK. WHO WANTS TO DISCUSS IT? BUT MAYBE THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED.
JOHN LENNON
THE POSTMAN WANTS AN AUTOGRAPH. THE TAXI DRIVER WANTS A PICTURE. THE WAITRESS WANTS A HANDSHAKE. EVERYONE WANTS A PART OF YOU
JOHN LENNON
WHATEVER HELPS YOU SPEND THE NIGHT AS LONG AS YOU SPEND THE NIGHT.
JOHN LENNON
THE BEATLES ARE BETTER KNOWN THAN JESUS CHRIST.
JOHN LENNON
EITHER YOU GET TIRED OF FIGHTING FOR PEACE, OR YOU DIE
JOHN LENNON
YOU USED TO PLAY ROCK STANDARDS. WHY DON’T YOU DO IT ANYMORE? BECAUSE NOW WE’RE CREATING THEM.
JOHN LENNON
LOVE IS THE ANSWER AND YOU KNOW IT. LOVE IS A FLOWER, YOU HAVE TO LET IT GROW
JOHN LENNON
GOD IS A CONCEPT BY WHICH WE MEASURE OUR SUFFERING
JOHN LENNON
THE BEATLES WILL EXIST WITHOUT US.
JOHN LENNON
I BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT NOT AS A THING, NOT AS AN OLD MAN IN HEAVEN. I BELIEVE THAT WHAT PEOPLE CALL GOD IS SOMETHING IN ALL OF US. I BELIEVE THAT WHAT JESUS, MOHAMMED AND BUDDHA AND THE OTHERS SAID IS TRUE. IT’S JUST THE TRANSLATION WENT WRONG.
JOHN LENNON
ONE PART OF ME SUSPECTS THAT I AM A LOSER, AND ANOTHER PART OF ME THINKS THAT I AM GOD ALMIGHTY
JOHN LENNON