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
People always got the image I was an anti-Christ or antireligion. I'm not. I'm a most religious fellow. I was brought up… — 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
People like me are aware of their so-called genius at ten, eight, nine. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
There's nothing new under the sun. All the roads lead to Rome. And people cannot provide it for you. I can't wake… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I think the music reflects the state that the society is in. It doesn't suggest the state. I think the poets and… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Newspaper people have a habit of putting you in the front pages to sell their papers, and then after they've sold their… — 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
People are just up tight because the kids are having fun and they didn't have the same freedom. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Somehow the revolutionaries must approach the workers because the workers won't approach them. But it's difficult to know where to start; we've… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I think middle-class people have the biggest trauma if they have nice imagey parents, all smiling and dolled up. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Now The Beatles are four separate people, we don't have the impact we had when we were together. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
How can you talk about power to the people unless you realise the people is both sexes. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I'd never met a woman I considered as intelligent as me. That sounds bigheaded, but every woman I met was either a… — 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
The writing of the Beatles, or John and Paul's contribution to the Beatles in the late sixties - had a kind of… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry. — 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
Evolution and all hopes for a better world rest in the fearlessness and open-hearted vision of people who embrace life. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
When I started, rock and roll itself was the basic revolution to people of my age and situation. We needed something loud… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out. I don't appreciate worship of dead Sid Vicious or… — 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