As a songwriter, I was influenced by David Bowie - a great writer. A class above everybody in so many ways. Lennon and McCartney, of course. Class stuff. David Cousins was my favorite lyricist.
Rick Wakeman

As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead.
George Harrison

But even with no money you could still go to places like the Scotch Club and, you know, John Lennon might be sitting right over there, but I was certainly not a part of any of that circle. I was truly peripheral.
Donald Sutherland

I feel that I see John Lennon now as not a celebrity. I did then. I saw him as a cardboard cutout on an album cover.
Mark David Chapman

I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono.
Yancy Butler

I just shot John Lennon.
Mark David Chapman

I like the Beatles. They're at the core of my musicality. And John Lennon's my spiritual father.
Esai Morales

I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there.
Bryan Ferry

I really didn't mean to hurt anybody. I liked John Lennon.
Mark David Chapman

I truly miss the genius of the music of John Lennon, as I'm sure everybody does.
Peter Fonda

I willingly took John Lennon's life. What I did was despicable.
Mark David Chapman

If one could have a wish, or an alternative life, I would've liked to have been John Lennon.
Gary Oldman

John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.
Ben Kingsley

John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent.
Brenda Lee

Lennon was not very fond of me. Lennon didn't like to be around somebody else who was likely to be the center of attention and didn't like being on deck with somebody who was intellectually as hot as he was.
Peter Fonda

Lennon was right. And we are bigger than Jesus. We will be as big as the Beatles, if not bigger.
Liam Gallagher

Lennon was very helpful. What he taught me seems completely obvious: he expected people to treat each other well.
Annie Leibovitz

Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
Yoko Ono

Mr. Lennon would want me free, and I'd like to clear that up.
Mark David Chapman

My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on.
John Hughes