The first line (of I Am The Walrus) was written on one acid trip one weekend. The second line was written on… — 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
There is no denying that we are still living in the capitalist world. I think that in order to survive and to… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
You don't have to be a star to get a cheese sandwich. You just have to be first. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Everything they told me as a kid has already been disproved by the same type of “experts” who made them up in… — 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
As a kid I had a dream - I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
[Polythene Pam] was me, remembering a little event with a woman in Jersey, and a man who was England's answer to Allen… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I wanted to give five solid years of being there all the time (with Sean). I hadn't seen my first son Julian… — 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
The first drugs I ever took, I was still at art school, with the group - we all took it together -… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
The first thing we did was to proclaim our Liverpoolness to the world, and say 'It's all right to come from Liverpool… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
There's room at the top they are telling you still, but first you must learn how to smile as you kill. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
We need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
They want to hold onto something they never had in the first place. Anybody who claims to have some interest in me… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
We're crazy about this city. First time we came here, we walked the streets all day, all over town and nobody hassled… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. If you were going to give Rock 'n' Roll… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 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 we wrote… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
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 Image
The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
In my case I've never not been political, though religion tended to overshadow it in my acid days. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image