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
buy care money
I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love.
education careers years
When they've tortured and scared you for 20 odd years, then they expect you to pick a career.
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Getting out of one car and getting into another
car wrecks want
When his rolls royce was mobbed by fans the chauffeur said: ''do you want me to get them off the car?'' and Lennon replied: ''No - they paid for it, they can wreck it
long care underestimate
Don't underestimate the importance of happiness. As long as you're happy, who cares what you do?
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Look, I wasn't saying the Beatles are better than God or Jesus. I said 'Beatles' because it's easy for me to talk about Beatles. I could have said TV or the cinema, motor cars or anything popular and I would have gotten away with it.
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I could still be forgotten when I'm dead. I don't really care what happens when I'm dead.
bullying kids not-caring
You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.
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Nothing's gonna change my world, Nothing's gonna change my world.
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What can I tell you about myself that you have not already found out from those who do not lie?
babies beautiful cried everybody flowers happy horrible peace rock roll rooms sixties stay wonderful
Now in the sixties we were naive, like children. Everybody went back to their rooms and said, 'We didn't get a wonderful world of just flowers and peace and happy chocolate, and it won't be just pretty and beautiful all the time,' and just like babies everyone went back to their rooms and sulked. 'We're going to stay in our rooms and play rock and roll and not do anything else, because the world's a horrible place, because it didn't give us everything we cried for.' Right?
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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.
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.
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They torture and scare you for twenty odd years... then they expect you to pick a career.