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Proverbs, and Sayings
John Lennon Quotes (113 quotes)
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| “For our last number, I'd like to ask your help. Would the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll, just rattle your jewelry.” ―John Lennon Source/Notes: Royal Variety Performance in London, 4 November 1963 |
| Source/Notes: When asked if they wouldn't sing because they couldn't, in a press conference at John F. Kennedy Airport (7 February 1964) |
| “We thought being offered the M.B.E. was as funny as everybody else thought it was. Why? What for? We didn't believe it. It was a part we didn't want. We all met and agreed it was daft.” ―John Lennon Source/Notes: Quoted by Hunter Davies in The Beatles (1968) |
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| “If people take any notice of what we say, we say we've been through the drug scene, man, and there's nothing like being straight.” ―John Lennon Source/Notes: The Dick Cavett Show (24 September 1971) |
| “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) |
| Source/Notes: Commenting on American Football, in interview with Howard Cosell on ABC Television (December 1974) |
| “I've always considered my work one piece and I consider that my work won't be finished until I am dead and buried and I hope that's a long, long time.” ―John Lennon Source/Notes: Interview with RKO Radio on the day of his murder (8 December 1980) |
| Source/Notes: As quoted in The Philadelphia Inquirer (10 December 1980) |
| Source/Notes: On the commercial success of the Beatles, as quoted in Lennon (1985) by Ray Coleman |
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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.
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