I remember a time when everybody I loved hated me because I hated them. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I was different, I was always different. Why didn't anybody notice me? — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Nothing affected me until I heard Elvis. Without Elvis there would be no Beatles. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
If The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was 'Learn to swim. And once you've learned - swim! — John Lennon Copy Share Image
When I was singing about 'All You Need Is Love' I was talking about something I hadn't experienced. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I didn't leave the Beatles. The Beatles have left the Beatles, but no one wants to be the one to say the… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Always remember this: 'A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes a misses.' — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I'm not going to sacrifice love, real love, for any *%@$n' war or any friend, or any business, because in the end… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I'm cynical about society, politics, newspapers, government. But I'm not cynical about life, love, goodness, death. That's why I really don't want… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
We live in a world where we have to hide to make love, while violence is practiced in broad daylight. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
In 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' I was visualizing Alice in Wonderland, an image of this female who would come and… — 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
What I'd have liked would have been the money and the hit records without the fame. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
The people have the power. All we have to do is awaken the power in the people. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Meanings of all songs come after they are recorded. Someone else has to interpret them — John Lennon Copy Share Image
"All you need is love." I believe it. It's damn hard, but I absolutely believe it. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I am going into an unknown future, but I'm still all here, and still while there's life, there's hope. — 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