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
John Lennon quotes about
drummer legendary life rock star
The Legendary Life of a Rock Star Drummer
accountant ask bit came lost money wrote
I don't know how much money I've got . . . I did ask the accountant how much it came to. I wrote it down on a bit of paper. But I've lost the bit of paper.
bloody critical faculties game grasp letting lights middle run switched turn
It's always in the middle of the bloody night, or when you're half-awake or tired, when your critical faculties are switched off. So letting go is what the whole game is. You turn on the lights and the cockroaches run away. You can never grasp them.
paper lost accountants
I don't know how much money I've got. I did ask the accountant how much it came to. I wrote it down on a bit of paper. But I've lost the bit of paper.
now-and-then shoulders chips
I really had a chip on my shoulder, ... and it still comes out every now and then.
scene accents
After The Beatles came on the scene everyone started putting on a Liverpudlian accent.
humble records albums
When we came along there was only Decca, Philips and EMI who could really produce a record for you. You had to go through the whole bureaucracy to get into the recording studio. You were in such a humble position, you didn't have more than 12 hours to make a whole album, which is what we did in the early days.
retirement responsibility answers
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.
cab-drivers pieces want
The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.
half foam meaningless
Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it just to reach you.
telling-the-truth rhyme
Tell the truth and make it rhyme
writing-songs demon songwriting
Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed.
orange sound want
I want it to sound like an orange.
let-it-go riding merry-go-round
No longer riding on the merry-go-round, I just had to let it go.