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
expect odd pick scare torture twenty
They torture and scare you for twenty odd years... then they expect you to pick a career.
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.
round turned walked
I would have turned round right then and walked away.
hope join
You may say I'm a dreamer, But I'm not the only one.I hope some day you'll join usand the world will be as one.
ate
If I ate it would go right to my knee.
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.
artist people roles
The artist's role isn't to tell people how to feel, but reflect.
winning want sin
We are all Christ and Hitler. Yoko and I want Christ to win.
inspirational life men
If people take any notice of what we say, we say we've been through the drug scene, man, and there's nothing like being straight.
inspirational life inspirational-life
I'll probably be popped off by some loony.
inspirational life august
News conference in Chicago, where he apologized for the above statement, which was accepted by the Vatican. (11 August 1966)
dream night world
I dream in colour, and its always very surreal. My dream world is complete Hieronymus Bosch and Dali. I love it, I look forward to it every night
peace coping-mechanisms giving
Life is what happens when we are busy doing other things. Peace is not something you wish for; it's something you make, something you do, something you are and something you give away.