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
positivity
I cannot be what I am not.
love inspirational life
If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.
beautiful believe deserve
Everyone deserves to believe they are beautiful.
time wasting-time wasted-time
A day spent wasting time, that you enjoyed, is not time wasted...
love life motivational
You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.
dream jesus parking-meters
Produce your own dream. If you want to save Peru, go save Peru. It’s quite possible to do anything, but not if you put it on the leaders and the parking meters. Don’t expect Carter or Reagan or John Lennon or Yoko Ono or Bob Dylan or Jesus Christ to come and do it for you. You have to do it yourself.
home mind world
Peace in your mind, peace on earth, peace at work, peace at home, peace in the world.
asking-questions people confusion
People asking questions, lost in confusion, well I tell them there's no problem, only solutions.
emotion masters
You are not your emotions,you have emotions,and you can master them.
imagine hard
Imagine there's no varmints. It isn't hard to do.
writing thinking years
We've learned over the years that if we wanted we could write anything that just felt good or sounded good and it didn't necessarily have to have any particular meaning to us. As odd as it seemed to us, reviewers would take it upon themselves to interject their own meanings on our lyrics. Sometimes we sit and read other people's interpretations of our lyrics and think, 'Hey, that's pretty good.' If we liked it, we would keep our mouths shut and just accept the credit as if it was what we meant all along.
fighting beard faces
The establishment irritates you - pull your beard, flick your face - to make you fight because once they've got you violent they know how to handle you. The only thing they don't know how to handle is non-violence and humour.
running insane-world insane-person
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives
love life motivational
I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!