John Lennon Quotes

The second political thing I did was to say 'The Beatles are bigger than Jesus.' That really broke the scene, I nearly got shot in America for that. It was a big trauma for all the kids that were following us.

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  John Lennon The Beatles
  • Kids
  • America
  • Jesus