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
father personality chinese
It seems that all revolutions end up with a personality cult - even the Chinese seem to need a father-figure.
mother father splits
My father and mother split and I never saw my father until I was 20, nor did I see much more of my mother.
father style communism
In Western-style Communism we would have to create an almost imaginary workers' image of themselves as the father-figure.
god father reality
But for me at any rate it was all part of dissolving the God trip or father-figure trip. Facing up to reality instead of always looking for some kind of heaven.
family father you-left-me
Father, you left me, but I never left you.
round turned walked
I would have turned round right then and walked away.
band
We were a band who made it very, very big. That's all.
buy care money
I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love.
found
What can I tell you about myself that you have not already found out from those who do not lie?
bird wild-birds
Tame birds sing of freedom. Wild birds fly.
inspirational motivational birthday
Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends
bastards biggest
You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.
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.
cheaper rattle rest seats
Those in the cheaper seats clap. The rest of you rattle your jewelry.