John Lennon Quotes
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The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth. To be a conscious parent, and really look to that little being's mental and physical health, is a responsibility which most of us, including me, avoid most of the time because it's too hard.
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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.
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Before Elvis there was nothing.
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We want to go forward, but which way are we facing?
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If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.
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Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.
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Instant Karma is going to get you.
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If somebody gives me a joint, I might smoke it, but I don't go after it.
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Now The Beatles are four separate people, we don't have the impact we had when we were together.
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Sarcasim is the lowest form of humor.
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I was feeling insecure you might not love me anymore...
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I learned lots of dirty jokes very young. There was this girl who told me them. The gang I led went in for shoplifting and pulling girls' knickers down. Other boys' parents hated me.
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The artist's role isn't to tell people how to feel, but reflect.
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My father and mother split and I never saw my father until I was 20, nor did I see much more of my mother.
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When we came along there was only Decca, Philips and EMI who could really produce a record for you. You had to go through the whole bureaucracy to get into the recording studio. You were in such a humble position, you didn't have more than 12 hours to make a whole album, which is what we did in the early days.
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It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?
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When you're thirty-five, you can't take as much booze ... and I always got a little violent on drink...So it was kind of self-destructive suicide side of me, which is resolving itself for the better, I believe, because I never enjoyed it.
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We put a President up there, and then we set fire to him because he's not solving all our problems.
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...if everyone could just be happy with themselves and the choices people around them make, the world would instantly be a better place!
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It's fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that-it's all illusion. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown and it's plain sailing. Everything is unknown-then you're ahead of the game. That's what it is. Right?
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It took me quite a long time to realise that my maleness was cutting off certain areas for Yoko Ono. She's a red hot liberationistand was quick to show me where I was going wrong, even though it seemed to me that I was just acting naturally. That's why I'm always interested to know how people who claim to be radical treat women.
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Free all the prisoners everywhere, all they want is truth and justice, all they need is love and care.
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I keep on reading the Morning Star newspaper to see if there's any hope, but it seems to be in the 19th century; it seems to be written for dropped-out, middle-aged liberals.
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Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.