John Lennon Quotes
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The sun is up, the sky is blue It's beautiful, and so are you.
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Peace in your mind, peace on earth, peace at work, peace at home, peace in the world.
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Love, Love, Love. All you need is love. Love is all you need.
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When I was about twelve I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one, and if there isn't I don't care.
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I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religion. I wasn't knocking it or putting it down. I was just saying it as a fact and it's true more for England than here. I'm not saying that we're better or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person or God as a thing or whatever it is. I just said what I said and it was wrong. Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this.
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Life happens whilst you're planning other things.
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Some people say it's a when you get older fans the kids don't like you. It's true.
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I was different, I was always different. Why didn't anybody notice me?
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You may say i'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one...
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Love is the Answer. What was the Question?
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Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.
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Your inside is out and your outside is in.
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How poetry comes to the poet is a mystery.
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Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.
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I used to say to my auntie, 'You throw my fu*kin' poetry out, and you'll regret it when I'm famous,' and she threw the bast*rd stuff out. I never forgave her for not treating me like a fu*kin' genius or whatever I was when I was a child.
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The more I see the less I know for sure.
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All I want is the truth, just give me some truth...
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I want it to sound like an orange.
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As a child I did a lot of imaginary bits, you know. It depends on the individual, I enjoyed then knocking the nail in, I enjoy knocking nails in walls to hang pictures up, but I also enjoy thinking 'I'm gonna do that' but I actually won't do it, I enjoy imagining doing things just as much.
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I wasn't saying whatever they're saying I was saying. I'm sorry I said it really. I never meant it to be a lousy anti-religious thing. I apologize if that will make you happy. I still don't know quite what I've done. I've tried to tell you what I did do but if you want me to apologize, if that will make you happy, then OK, I'm sorry.
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Declare it. Just the same way we declare war. That is how we will have peace... we just need to declare it.
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When I cannot sing my heart, I can only speak my mind.
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The lyrics stand today 1980. They're still my feeling about politics. I want to see the plan. I want to know what you're going to do after you've knocked it all down. I mean, can't we use some of it? What's the point of bombing Wall Street? If you want to change the system, change the system. It's no good shooting people.
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My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn't know how to cry. Simple.