John Lennon Quotes

The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?
John Lennon

Society, Live, Mean

The more I see the less I know for sure.
John Lennon

Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.
John Lennon

Jesus, Ordinary, Thick

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.
John Lennon

Reality, Leaves

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
John Lennon

God, Pain, Measure

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.
John Lennon

Fact, Earth, Biggest

Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.
John Lennon

Rest, Hands, Jewelry

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.
John Lennon

Law, Problem, Possession

We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity.
John Lennon

Rock, Jesus, Popular

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.
John Lennon

Peace, Tired, Die

Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.
John Lennon

God, Loser, Thinks

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.
John Lennon

Rock, Give, Another

I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!
John Lennon

Reason, Whatever

Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.
John Lennon

Great, Mind, Reality

He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.
John Lennon

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.
John Lennon

Show, Gave, Answer

Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.
John Lennon

Love, Peace, Thinking

It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.
John Lennon

Long, Woman, Matter

There's nothing you can know that isn't known.
John Lennon

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.
John Lennon

Music, Art, Respect

The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.
John Lennon

Everyone, Picture, Wants

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.
John Lennon

Important, Married, Interested

These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again.
John Lennon

Cannot, Again, Artists

We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship.
John Lennon

Generation, Ship, Discover

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?
John Lennon

Here, Eye, Hurricane

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Biography

Nationality: English

Born: October 9, 1940

Died: December 8, 1980

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