Thinking Quotes by John Lennon

People think the Beatles know what's going on. We don't. We're just doing it.

— John Lennon

There's nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be...

— John Lennon

Am I crazy or am I a genius? I don't think I'm either.

— John Lennon

I used to think it was mere homesickness, then I started getting it at home.

— John Lennon

I just like TV. I think to me, it replaced the fireplace when I was a child. They took the fire away…

— John Lennon

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

Trying to please everybody is impossible - if you did that, you'd end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You've…

— John Lennon

Everybody seems to think I'm lazy I don't mind, I think they're crazy. Running everywhere at such a speed Till they find…

— John Lennon

I started being me about the songs, not writing objectively, but subjectively. I think it was Dylan who helped me realize that…

— John Lennon

There is no denying that we are still living in the capitalist world. I think that in order to survive and to…

— John Lennon

That's part of our policy, is not to be taken seriously because I think our opposition, whoever they may be in all…

— John Lennon

Of course it's difficult to know what the workers are really thinking because the capitalist press always only quotes mouthpieces like Vic…

— John Lennon

I've been reading [Nikita] Khrushchev Remembers. I know he's a bit of a lad himself - but he seemed to think that…

— John Lennon

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

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

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

I don't have any romanticism about any part of my past. I think of it only inasmuch as it gave me pleasure…

— John Lennon

I think it's false, shallow, to be giving to others when your own need is great. The idea is not to comfort…

— John Lennon

The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension. When 'Help' came out, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think…

— John Lennon

As a child I did a lot of imaginary bits, you know. It depends on the individual, I enjoyed then knocking the…

— John Lennon

It just was a gradual development over the years. I mean last year was 'all you need is love.' This year, it's…

— John Lennon

We've learned over the years that if we wanted we could write anything that just felt good or sounded good and it…

— John Lennon

Nor do I think we came from monkeys, by the wayThat's another piece of garbage. What the hell's it based on? We…

— John Lennon

At the (record company) meeting Paul just kept mithering on about what we were going to do, so in the end I…

— John Lennon

I'm a moldy moldy man I'm moldy thru and thru I'm a moldy moldy man You would not think it true I'm…

— John Lennon

All this bit about angels and all the different religions, it's based on something. I think anything's possible. I believe in everything…

— John Lennon

I think a lot of bad things have happened in the name of the church and in the name of Christ. Therefore…

— John Lennon

When I was about twelve I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a…

— John Lennon

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

I never listen to the radio. If it's bad, I make fun of it, and if it's good, I get jealous that…

— John Lennon

If you want to get peace, you can get it as soon as you like if we all pull together. ... Think…

— John Lennon

You feel alone if you're the only one thinking 'wouldn't it be nice if there was peace and nobody was getting killed.'…

— John Lennon

You're born in pain and pain is what we're in most of the time. And I think that the bigger the pain,…

— John Lennon

I recently got into Haiku in Japan and I just think it's fantastic. Obviously, when you get rid of a whole section…

— John Lennon

I think middle-class people have the biggest trauma if they have nice imagey parents, all smiling and dolled up.

— John Lennon

I believe that God is like a powerhouse, like where you keep electricity, like a power station. And that he's a supreme…

— John Lennon

Don't you think that the Beatles gave every sodden thing they've got to be the Beatles? That took a whole section of…

— John Lennon

You can't cheat kids. If you cheat them when they're children they'll make you pay when they're sixteen or seventeen by revolting…

— John Lennon

We went to America a few times and [Brian] Epstein always tried to waffle on at us about saying nothing about Vietnam.…

— John Lennon