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
jobs taken reflection
And, because my role in society —or any artist or poet's role— is to try to express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel, not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. And it's like that's the job of the artist in society, not to… they're not some alienated being living on the outskirts of town. It's fine to live on the outskirts of town, but artists must reflect what we all are. […] If that's taken it too much on meself, I feel that artists are that: they're reflections of society… mirrors.
evil heaven looks
I'm not a god or the God, but we're all God and we're all potentially divine — and potentially evil. We all have everything within us and the Kingdom of Heaven is nigh and within us, and if you look hard enough you'll see it.
song
Meanings of all songs come after they are recorded. Someone else has to interpret them
eye wind light
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes They call me on and on across the universe Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box They tumble blindly as they make their way across the universe
mother words-of-wisdom beatles-love
When I find myself in times of trouble Mother Mary comes to me, speaking words of wisdom 'Let it be,'
inspirational love-yourself things-in-life
We need to love ourselves first in All our glory and imperfections
car
Getting out of one car and getting into another
children ocean sleep
He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.
music our-generation nwo
We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship.
music-is possession
Music is everybody's possession.
want revolution world
You say you want a revolution? Well, you know. We all want to change the world.
crazy cities san-francisco
We're crazy about this city. First time we came here, we walked the streets all day, all over town and nobody hassled us. People smiled, friendly-like, and we knew we could live here. We'd like to keep our place in Greenwich Village and have an apartment here, God and the Immigration Service willing. Los Angeles? That's just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco.
light magic way
The magic of the music seems to light the way.
honor distinction crosses
The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.