Going to America increased the build up on me, especially as the war was going on there. In a way we'd turned… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
There were very few real folk singers you know, though I liked Dominic Behan a bit and there was some good stuff… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
If [Sean] doesn't see me a few days or if I'm really, really busy, and I just sort of get a glimpse… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I used to say to my auntie, 'You throw my fu*kin' poetry out, and you'll regret it when I'm famous,' and she… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I put things down on sheets of paper and stuff them in my pockets. When I have enough, I have a book. — John Lennon Copy Share Image
Everything I've ever done is out. I don't have boxes of unreleased stuff. There's nothing in the files. I can never keep… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
For a long time I wasn't listening to music, to the rock and roll stuff on the radio, because it would cause… — 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 realized that kids everywhere go for the same stuff; and seeing as we'd done it in England, there's no reason why… — 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
![“If [Sean] doesn't see me a few days or if I'm really, really busy, and I just sort of get a glimpse of him, or if I'm feeling depressed without him even seeing me, he sort of picks up on it. And he starts getting that way. So I can no longer afford to have artistic depressions. If I start wallowing…” quote by John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a56/john-lennon-322_artistic_if-sean-doesn-t-see-me-a-few-days-or-if_1065306.jpg)
![“We went to America a few times and [Brian] Epstein always tried to waffle on at us about saying nothing about Vietnam. So there came a time when George [Harrison] and I said 'Listen, when they ask next time, we're going to say we don't like that war and we think they should get right out.' That's…” quote by John Lennon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/512/john-lennon-322_america_we-went-to-america-a-few-times-and-brian_12070.jpg)
