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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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

I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!

John Lennon

Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.

John Lennon

I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity.

John Lennon

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

John Lennon

We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity.

John Lennon

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.

John Lennon

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.

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

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

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.

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.

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Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

John Lennon

I believe time wounds all heels.

John Lennon

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

John Lennon

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

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

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

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 oursel...

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Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.

John Lennon

Women should be obscene and not heard.

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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