Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
When Yoko [Ono] and I got married, we got terrible racialist letters - you know, warning me that she would slit my… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I started being me about the songs, not writing objectively, but subjectively. I think it was Dylan who helped me realize that… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I've got used to the fact - just about - that whatever I do is going to be compared to the other… — 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
Don't you think that the Beatles gave every sodden thing they've got to be the Beatles? That took a whole section of… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
It depends who they are. If it's Mick (Jagger) or the Old Guard as I call them, yeah, they're the Old Guard.… — 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
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 still don't know how to express the really delicate personal stuff. People think that Plastic Ono is very personal, but there… — 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
I go to restaurants and the groups always play "Yesterday." I even signed a guy's violin in Spain after he played us… — 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 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
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
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
It was very romantic. It's all in the song, The Ballad of John and Yoko. If you want to know how it… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I felt an obligation even then to write a song that people would sing in the pub or on a demonstration. That… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I'm always proud and pleased when people do my songs. It gives me pleasure that they even attempt them, because a lot… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Ringo is Ringo, that's all there is to it. And he's every bloody bit as warm, unassuming, funny and kind as he… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
There's nothing you can do that can't be done Nothing you can sing that can't be sung Nothing you can say but… — 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
Look, I wasn't saying the Beatles are better than God or Jesus. I said 'Beatles' because it's easy for me to talk… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
'Revolution' . There were two versions of that song but the underground left only picked up on the one that said 'count… — 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
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've learned over the years that if we wanted we could write anything that just felt good or sounded good and it… — 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
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