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
things-in-life bird want
The best things in life are free, but you can keep them for the birds and bees; I want money.
girl real eye
In 'Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds' I was visualizing Alice in Wonderland, an image of this female who would come and save me - a girl with kaleidoscope eyes who would be the real love of my life. Lucy turned out to be Yoko.
choices eating chickens
It was a choice of making it or still eating chicken onstage.
years political religion
I've never voted. I've never voted yet although I could have voted for the last ten years.
love peace war
We're trying to sell peace, like a product, you know, and sell it like people sell soap or soft drinks. And it's the only way to get people aware that peace is possible, and it isn't just inevitable to have violence. Not just war - all forms of violence.
heart kind bloody
Ringo is Ringo, that's all there is to it. And he's every bloody bit as warm, unassuming, funny and kind as he seems. He was quite simply the heart of the Beatles
love peace government
Violence begets violence, you know. And you can't kill off all the violent people or all the murderers. We'd have to kill off the government.
love peace believe
Why don't people believe us when we say we're simply in love?
love peace regret
I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically - any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women. That is why I am always on about peace, you see. It is the most violent people who go for love and peace. Everything's the opposite. But I sincerely believe in love and peace. I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. I will have to be a lot older before I can face in public how I treated women as a youngster.
inspirational believe needs
"All you need is love." I believe it. It's damn hard, but I absolutely believe it.
political religion status-quo
I've always been politically minded, you know, and against the status quo.
swim messages ifs
If The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was 'Learn to swim. And once you've learned - swim!
rain garden waiting
Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun, and if the sun don't come, we'll be standing in the English rain.
art believe sculpture
There's no such thing as sculpture or art or anything, it's just a bit of - it's just words, you know, and actually saying everything is art. We're all art, art is just a tag, like a journalists' tag, but artists believe it.