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
inspirational kings real
Well, I don't want to be king, I want to be real.
inspirational life done
There's nothing you can do that can't be done.....
motivational uncontrollable
Nobody controls me. I'm uncontrollable. The only one who can control me is me, and even that's barely possible.
memories rocks rock-and-roll
For a long time I wasn't listening to music, to the rock and roll stuff on the radio, because it would cause me to get sweaty. It would bring back memories I didn't want to know about, or I would get that feeling that I'm not alive 'cause I'm not making it. And if it was good, I hated it 'cause I wasn't doing it. And if it was bad, I was furious 'cause I could've done it better...
jesus taken christ
I'm not saying we're better or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person, or God as a thing, or whatever it is. I just said what I said, and it was wrong, or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this.
song writing thinking
I still don't know how to express the really delicate personal stuff. People think that Plastic Ono is very personal, but there are some subtleties of emotions which I cannot seem to express in pop music, and it frustrates me. Maybe that's why I still search for other ways of expressing myself. Song writing is a limiting experience in some ways - writing down words that have to rhyme.
music play guitar
Barney Kessel is incredible. He's just amazing . . . . Nobody can play guitar like that
music studios
I always like the studio best, once I got the hang of it and the control. I like it because it's complete control
wisdom way want
We want to go forward, but which way are we facing?
struggle night games
As I play the game of life, I try to make it better each and every day. And when I struggle in the night, The magic of the music seems to light the way.
found
What can I tell you about myself that you have not already found out from those who do not lie?
bastards biggest
You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.
band
We were a band who made it very, very big. That's all.
cheaper rattle rest seats
Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry.