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
world firsts rays
The first thing we did was to proclaim our Liverpoolness to the world, and say 'It's all right to come from Liverpool and talk like this'. Before, anybody from Liverpool who made it, like Ted Ray, Tommy Handley, Arthur Askey, had to lose their accent to get on the BBC.
dream night world
I dream in colour, and its always very surreal. My dream world is complete Hieronymus Bosch and Dali. I love it, I look forward to it every night
want revolution world
You say you want a revolution? Well, you know. We all want to change the world.
world drummer ringo
Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world. He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles
worry spinning world
The world is still spinning and so are we and so are you. When the spinning stops, that'll be the time to worry. Not before.
believe people world
I believe that as soon as people want peace in the world they can have it. The trouble is they are not aware they can get it.
games world british
We were really professional by the time we got to the States; we had learned the whole game. When we arrived here we knew how to handle the press; the British press were the toughest in the world and we could handle anything. We were all right.
thinking order world
There is no denying that we are still living in the capitalist world. I think that in order to survive and to change the world, you have to take care of yourself first. You have to survive yourself.
music mad world
The world went mad and used us as an excuse.
home mind world
Peace in your mind, peace on earth, peace at work, peace at home, peace in the world.
running insane-world insane-person
Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives
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.