"The idea of being a rock and roll……" — John Lennon
"The idea of being a rock and roll musician sort of suited my talents and mentality. The freedom was great, but then I found out I wasn't free. I'd got boxed in...The whole Beatle thing is just beyond comprehension ... subconsciously I was crying for help."
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395 Quotes by John Lennon
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Imagine no possesions, I wonder if you can, No need for greed or hunger, A brotherhood of man. Imagine all…
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You won't get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it.
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Love is all, love is new, love is all, love is you.
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Love is needing to be loved.
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Love means having to say you're sorry every fifteen minutes.
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I cannot be what I am not.
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A working class hero is something to be.
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Imagine there's no heaven... it's easy if you try.
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I know I hurt you then But that was way back when.
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You may say i'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one
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Work is life, you know, and without it, there's nothing but fear and insecurity.
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I've had the boyhood thing of being Elvis. Now I want to be with my best friend and my best…
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Contrary to reports, this boy is not a billionaire or going to be richer than any Beatle... and not just…
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John Lennon was definitely my favorite Beatle, hands down.
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I used to think that all my Wings stuff was second-rate stuff, but I began to meet younger kids, not…
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If anyone was the Fifth Beatle, it was Brian [Epstein].
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People only look at me as a Beatle but my friends look at me as a whole person. That's how…
— Ringo Starr
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I'd like to think that all the old Beatle fans have grown up and they've got married and they've all…
— George Harrison
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They used us as an excuse to go mad and then blamed it on us. Gandhi says create and preserve…
— George Harrison
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People always say I'm the Beatle who changed the most, but really that's what I see life is about... you…
— George Harrison
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Because of the attitude of a few mental dinosaurs intent on exploiting our initial success, Brian's huge talent has never…
— Dennis Wilson
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I didn't marry a Beatle, I married a broke student who played the guitar and ponced all my grant money…
— Cynthia Lennon
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When LOVE played the still hipper Whisky A Go-Go, further west along Sunset, Arthur Lee claims they 'started the whole…
— Barney Hoskyns
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It doesn't matter whether you're the king of a country or... a fabulous Beatle; it's what's inside that counts.
— George Harrison
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