I am not the Beatles. I'm me. Paul isn't the Beatles...The Beatles are the Beatles. Separately, they are separate. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
“Music is everybody's business. It's only the publishers who think people own it” — John Lennon Copy Share Image
My original idea for the cover was better - decapitate Paul - but he wouldn't go along with it. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
We never write anything with themes. We just write the same rubbish all the time. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I always like the studio best, once I got the hang of it and the control. I like it because it's complete… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
It's just natural, it's not a great disaster. People keep talking about it like it's The End of The Earth. It's only… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I always was a rebel...but on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted...and not just be a loudmouth, lunatic,… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
At the (record company) meeting Paul just kept mithering on about what we were going to do, so in the end I… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Everything I've ever done is out. I don't have boxes of unreleased stuff. There's nothing in the files. I can never keep… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
All music is rehash. There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme. Try to tell the kids in the… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
One has to completely humiliate oneself to be what the Beatles were . . . . It happened bit by bit, until… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I've always thought there was this underlying thing in Paul's "Get Back." When we were in the studio recording it, every time… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
The idea of being a rock and roll musician sort of suited my talents and mentality. The freedom was great, but then… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore. You've got to have… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I love commercial music! I can dissect it and criticize it with any critic in the business. But without any thought, I… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
For a long time I wasn't listening to music, to the rock and roll stuff on the radio, because it would cause… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I don't know if I want to record together again. I go off and on it... In the old days, when we… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
We announce the birth of a conceptual country, NEWTOPIA. Citizenship of the country can be obtained by declaration of your awareness of… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
When real music comes to me - the music of the spheres, the music that surpasses understanding - that has nothing to… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
We reckoned we could make it because there were four of us. None at us would've made it alone, because Paul wasn't… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
It ( In My Life ) was the first song that I wrote that was really, consciously about my life… up until… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I am like a chameleon, influenced by whatever's going on. If Elvis can do it, I can do it. If the Everly… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I don't bother so much about the others' songs. For instance, I don't give a damn about how 'Something' is doing in… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
In Paris in 1964 was the first time I ever heard Dylan at all. Paul got the record (The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan)… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
As I play the game of life, I try to make it better each and every day. And when I struggle in… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Today's folk song is rock and roll. Although it happened to emanate from America, that's not really important in the end because… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
We thought being offered the M.B.E. [Member of the Order of the British Empire] was as funny as everybody else thought it… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
'Oh! Darling' was a great one of Paul's that he didn't sing too well. I always thought I could have done it… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
There is not one thing that's Beatle music. How can they talk about it like that? What is Beatle music? Walrus or… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Mostly folk music is people with fruity voices trying to keep alive something old and dead. It's all a bit boring, like… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous - I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there, ...… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I think it's the best thing I've ever done. I think it's realistic, and it's true to the me that has been… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
The Beatles is over, but John, Paul, George, and Ringo...God knows what relationship they'll have in the future. I don't know. I… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension. When 'Help' came out, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I'd spent five hours that morning trying to write a song that was meaningful and good, and I finally gave up and… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
We went to America a few times and [Brian] Epstein always tried to waffle on at us about saying nothing about Vietnam. So there… — John Lennon Copy Share
As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though… — John Lennon Copy Share
I never went to high school reunions. My thing is, out of sight, out of mind. That's my attitude toward life. So I don't… — John Lennon Copy Share
Today's folk song is rock and roll. Although it happened to emanate from America, that's not really important in the end because we wrote… — John Lennon Copy Share
If you want to get peace, you can get it as soon as you like if we all pull together. ... Think peace, live… — John Lennon Copy Share
The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up. — John Lennon Copy Share
In my case I've never not been political, though religion tended to overshadow it in my acid days. — John Lennon Copy Share
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… — John Lennon Copy Share
Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let… — John Lennon Copy Share
The main hangup in the world today is hypocrisy and insecurity. If people can't face up to the fact of other people being naked… — John Lennon Copy Share
![“We thought being offered the M.B.E. [Member of the Order of the British Empire] was as funny as everybody else thought it was. Why? What for? We didn't believe it. It was a part we didn't want. We all met and agreed it was daft.” quote by John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3e5/john-lennon-322_believe_we-thought-being-offered-the-m-b-e-membe_1845239.jpg)
