Quotes by John Lennon

About John Lennon:

John Winston Ono Lennon was an English singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a co-founder of the band the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With Paul McCartney, he formed a celebrated songwriting partnership.
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Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

John Lennon

I used to think it was mere homesickness, then I started getting it at home.

John Lennon

Being honest may not get you many friends but it'll always get you the right ones.

John Lennon

When you're drowning you don't think, You just scream.

John Lennon

I wasn't saying whatever they're saying I was saying. I'm sorry I said it really. I never meant it to be a lousy anti-religious thing. I apologize if that will make you happy. I still don't know quite what I've done. I've tried to tell you what I did...

John Lennon

Living is Easy with Eyes Closed.

John Lennon

We all shine on...like the moon and the stars and the sun...we all shine on...come on and on and on...

John Lennon

I don't believe in Beatles, I just believe in me.

John Lennon

When I was 5 years old, my mother always 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 wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, and I told them...

John Lennon

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends

John Lennon

How can I go forward when I don't know which way I'm facing?

John Lennon

There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme.

John Lennon

If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the 60s, that's a problem. Peace and love are eternal.

John Lennon

Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns it calls me on and on across the universe.

John Lennon

Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.

John Lennon

I was feeling insecure you might not love me anymore

John Lennon

They keep you doped with religion, and sex, and T.V. And you think you're so clever and classless and free But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see

John Lennon

I get by with a little help from my friends.

John Lennon

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

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

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

Author Bio

  • NameJohn Lennon
  • DescriptionBritish musician, member of the Beatles
  • AliasesJohn Ono Lennon; John Winston Lennon
  • BornOctober 9, 1940
  • DiedDecember 8, 1980
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionRecord Producer; Writer; Actor; Singer-songwriter; Guitarist; Film Producer; Poet; Composer
  • WorksImagine
  • AwardsMember Of The Order Of The British Empire; Academy Award For Best Original Score; Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award