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John Lennon Quotes (113 quotes)

“It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.”
―John Lennon

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“The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.”
―John Lennon

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“There's nothing you can know that isn't known.”
―John Lennon

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“You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.”
―John Lennon

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“It's just natural, it's not a great disaster. People keep talking about it like it's The End of The Earth. It's only a rock group that split up, it's nothing important. You know, you have all the old records there if you want to reminisce.”
―John Lennon

Source/Notes:
Interview on Scene And Heard by David Wigg (25 October 1971)

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“Part of me suspects that I'm a loser and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.”
―John Lennon

Source/Notes:
About the song I'm a Loser; sometimes misquoted as Half of me thinks I am a loser, the other half thinks I am God Almighty. - Playboy interview (1980)

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“It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out. I don't appreciate worship of dead Sid Vicious or of dead James Dean or of dead John Wayne. It's the same thing. Making Sid Vicious a hero, Jim Morrison — it's garbage to me. I worship the people who survive. Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo.”
―John Lennon

Source/Notes:
Playboy interview (1980)

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“I think a label like avant-garde defeats itself. You learn to have avant-garde exhibitions. The very fact that avant-garde can have an exhibition defeats the purpose of avant-garde, because it's already formalised and ritualised.”
―John Lennon

Source/Notes:
The Beatles Anthology (2000)

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“There's room at the top they are telling you still But first you must learn how to smile as you kill.”
―John Lennon

Source/Notes:
Working Class Hero (1970)

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“There was no reason for Michael to be sad that morning, (the little wretch); everyone liked him, (the scab). He'd had a hard day's night that day, for Michael was a Cocky Watchtower.”
―John Lennon

Source/Notes:
In His Own Write Sad Michael (1964)

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“Song writing is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep.”
―John Lennon

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“To put it loosely, the reason why kids are crazy is because nobody can face the responsibility of bringing them up.”
―John Lennon

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John Lennon

Born: October 9, 1940

Died: December 8, 1980 (aged 40)

Nationality: English

Occupation: Musician, artist, writer

Bio: John Winston Ono Lennon was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century.