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title: "34 Music is Quotes By John Lennon"
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> [Without Jimmy Dean, the Beatles never would have existed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/without-jimmy-dean-the-beatles-never-would-have-existed/)

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> [The world went mad and used us as an excuse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/the-world-went-mad-and-used-us-as-an-excuse/)

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> [Music is everybody's possession.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/music-is-everybody-s-possession/)

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> [We were cowards when we sacked him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/we-were-cowards-when-we-sacked-him/)

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> [I don't miss it. I'm glad it happened, but I don't miss it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/i-don-t-miss-it-i-m-glad-it-happened-but-i-don-t-miss-it/)

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> [We never write anything with themes. We just write the same rubbish all the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/we-never-write-anything-with-themes-we-just-write-the-same-rubbish/)

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> [I am not the Beatles. I'm me. Paul isn't the Beatles...The Beatles are the Beatles. Separately, they are separate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/i-am-not-the-beatles-i-m-me-paul-isn-t-the-beatles-the-beatles-are/)

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> [My original idea for the cover was better - decapitate Paul - but he wouldn't go along with it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/my-original-idea-for-the-cover-was-better-decapitate-paul-but-he/)

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> [The dream is over. I gotta get down to reality. The good old days is garbage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/the-dream-is-over-i-gotta-get-down-to-reality-the-good-old-days-is/)

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> [We were always going to dump him when we found a decent drummer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/we-were-always-going-to-dump-him-when-we-found-a-decent-drummer/)

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> [Mostly folk music is people with fruity voices trying to keep alive something old and dead. It's all a bit boring, like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/mostly-folk-music-is-people-with-fruity-voices-trying-to-keep-alive/)

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> [The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous - I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there, ...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/the-thing-is-in-america-it-just-seemed-ridiculous-i-mean-the-idea-of/)

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> ['Oh! Darling' was a great one of Paul's that he didn't sing too well. I always thought I could have done it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/oh-darling-was-a-great-one-of-paul-s-that-he-didn-t-sing-too-well-i/)

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> [ We thought being offered the M.B.E. \[Member of the Order of the British Empire\] was as funny as everybody else thought it… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/we-thought-being-offered-the-m-b-e-member-of-the-order-of-the-british/)

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> [I don't bother so much about the others' songs. For instance, I don't give a damn about how 'Something' is doing in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/i-don-t-bother-so-much-about-the-others-songs-for-instance-i-don-t/)

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> [It ( In My Life ) was the first song that I wrote that was really, consciously about my life… up until…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/it-in-my-life-was-the-first-song-that-i-wrote-that-was-really/)

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> [I've always thought there was this underlying thing in Paul's "Get Back." When we were in the studio recording it, every time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/i-ve-always-thought-there-was-this-underlying-thing-in-paul-s-get/)

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> [All music is rehash. There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme. Try to tell the kids in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/all-music-is-rehash-there-are-only-a-few-notes-just-variations-on-a/)

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> [The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension. When 'Help' came out, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/the-whole-beatle-thing-was-just-beyond-comprehension-when-help-came/)

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> [We reckoned we could make it because there were four of us. None at us would've made it alone, because Paul wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/we-reckoned-we-could-make-it-because-there-were-four-of-us-none-at-us/)

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> [I don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore. You've got to have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/i-don-t-mind-people-putting-us-down-because-if-everybody-really-liked/)

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> [I don't know if I want to record together again. I go off and on it... In the old days, when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/i-don-t-know-if-i-want-to-record-together-again-i-go-off-and-on-it-in/)

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> [I felt that film (Let It Be) was set up by Paul for Paul. That is one of the main reasons the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/i-felt-that-film-let-it-be-was-set-up-by-paul-for-paul-that-is-one-of/)

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> [Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. If you were going to give Rock 'n' Roll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/music-is-everybody-s-possession-it-s-only-publishers-who-think-that-2/)

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> [From our earliest days in Liverpool, George and I on the one hand and Paul on the other had different musical tastes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/from-our-earliest-days-in-liverpool-george-and-i-on-the-one-hand-and/)

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> [My life with the Beatles had become a trap... I always remember to thank Jesus for the end of my touring days;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/my-life-with-the-beatles-had-become-a-trap-i-always-remember-to-thank/)

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> [And Paul hits this chord, and I turn to him and say, 'That's it! Do that again!' In those days we really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/and-paul-hits-this-chord-and-i-turn-to-him-and-say-that-s-it-do-that/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/it-s-just-natural-it-s-not-a-great-disaster-people-keep-talking-about/)

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> [At the (record company) meeting Paul just kept mithering on about what we were going to do, so in the end I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/at-the-record-company-meeting-paul-just-kept-mithering-on-about-what/)

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> [I only ever asked two people to work with me as a partner. One was Paul McCartney and the other Yoko Ono.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/i-only-ever-asked-two-people-to-work-with-me-as-a-partner-one-was/)

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> [It was my Fat Elvis period. I was eating and drinking like a pig. I was depressed and I was crying out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/it-was-my-fat-elvis-period-i-was-eating-and-drinking-like-a-pig-i-was/)

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> [A more interesting question is not 'Why did they break up?' but 'Would they have gotten back together?' ... There's always a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/a-more-interesting-question-is-not-why-did-they-break-up-but-would/)

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> [Lack of feeling in an emotional sense is responsible for the way some singers do our songs. They don't understand and are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/lack-of-feeling-in-an-emotional-sense-is-responsible-for-the-way-some/)

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> [The whole thing died in my mind long before the rumpus started. We used to believe the Beatles myth just as much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/the-whole-thing-died-in-my-mind-long-before-the-rumpus-started-we/)

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## Other authors on Music is

## More by John Lennon

> [Well, I don't want to be king, I want to be real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/well-i-don-t-want-to-be-king-i-want-to-be-real/)

[John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lennon/)

> [ We went to America a few times and \[Brian\] Epstein always tried to waffle on at us about saying nothing about Vietnam. So there… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/we-went-to-america-a-few-times-and-brian-epstein-always-tried-to/)

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> [As someone from the working class I was always interested in Russia and China and everything that related to the working class, even though…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/as-someone-from-the-working-class-i-was-always-interested-in-russia/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/i-never-went-to-high-school-reunions-my-thing-is-out-of-sight-out-of/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/today-s-folk-song-is-rock-and-roll-although-it-happened-to-emanate/)

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> [If you want to get peace, you can get it as soon as you like if we all pull together. ... Think peace, live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/if-you-want-to-get-peace-you-can-get-it-as-soon-as-you-like-if-we-all/)

[John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lennon/)

> [The reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/the-reason-why-kids-are-crazy-is-because-nobody-can-face-the/)

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> [In my case I've never not been political, though religion tended to overshadow it in my acid days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/in-my-case-i-ve-never-not-been-political-though-religion-tended-to/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/i-wasn-t-saying-whatever-they-re-saying-i-was-saying-i-m-sorry-i-said/)

[John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lennon/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/songwriting-is-about-getting-the-demon-out-of-me-it-s-like-being/)

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> [Imagine there's no heaven... it's easy if you try.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/imagine-there-s-no-heaven-it-s-easy-if-you-try/)

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> [Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/man-you-should-have-seen-them-kicking-edgar-allan-poe/)

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> [Love is like a flower - you've got to let it grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/love-is-like-a-flower-you-ve-got-to-let-it-grow/)

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> [I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/i-don-t-know-which-will-go-first-rock-n-roll-or-christianity/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lennon/the-main-hangup-in-the-world-today-is-hypocrisy-and-insecurity-if/)

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