John Lennon
John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBEwas an English singer and songwriter who co-founded the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With fellow member Paul McCartney, he formed a lucrative songwriting partnership...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth9 October 1940
get-back
Get back to where you once belonged,
awareness paranoia
paranoia is just a heightened sense of awareness
mean circles america
Where do people get off saying the Beatles should give $200,000,000 to South America? You know, America has poured billions into places like that. It doesn't mean a damn thing. After they've eaten that meal, then what? It lasts for only a day. After the $200,000,000 is gone, then what? It goes round and round in circles. You can pour money in forever. After Peru, then Harlem, then Britain. There is no one concert. We would have to dedicate the rest of our lives to one world concert tour, and I'm not ready for it. Not in this lifetime, anyway.
christ-consciousness heaven kingdoms
The Kingdom of Heaven is within you.
lying found
What Can I Tell You about Myself which You Have Not Already Found Out from Those Who Do Not Lie?
love-you down-and vip
Nobody loves you when you're down and out.
people levels different
Paul and I know each other on a lot of different levels that very few people know about.
dream long-ago long
So long ago, was it in a dream, was it just a dream?
girl sex memories
[Polythene Pam] was me, remembering a little event with a woman in Jersey, and a man who was England's answer to Allen Ginsberg, who gave us our first exposure - this is so long - you can't deal with all this. You see, everything triggers amazing memories. I met him when we were on tour and he took me back to his apartment and I had a girl and he had one he wanted me to meet. He said she dressed up in polythene, which she did. She didn't wear jackboots and kilts, I just sort of elaborated. Perverted sex in a polythene bag. Just looking for something to write about.
children regret genius
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 threw the bast*rd stuff out. I never forgave her for not treating me like a fu*kin' genius or whatever I was when I was a child.
believe people world
I believe that as soon as people want peace in the world they can have it. The trouble is they are not aware they can get it.
war people heroism
Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war -for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.
dean jimmy
Without Jimmy (James) Dean the Beatles would never have existed.
now-and-then shoulders chips
I really had a chip on my shoulder, ... and it still comes out every now and then.