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John Lennon Quotes (113 quotes)

“Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.”
―John Lennon

“I don't know how much money I've got... I did ask the accountant how much it came to. I wrote it down on a bit of paper. But I've lost the bit of paper.”
―John Lennon

“For a long time I wasn't listening to music, to the rock and roll stuff on the radio, because it would cause me to get sweaty-it would bring back memories I didn't want to know about, or I would get that feeling that I'm not alive 'cause I'm not making it. And if it was good, I hated it 'cause I wasn't doing it. And if it was bad, I was furious 'cause I could've done it better...”
―John Lennon

“When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun.”
―John Lennon

“And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.”
―John Lennon

“Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity.”
―John Lennon

“He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.”
―John Lennon

“I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!”
―John Lennon

“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.”
―John Lennon

“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?”
―John Lennon

“Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.”
―John Lennon

Source/Notes:
Published in England's Evening Standard newspaper, 4 March 1966, as part of an interview with Maureen Cleave.

“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.”
―John Lennon

Source/Notes:
As quoted in Sunday Herald Sun [Melbourne, Australia] (13 January 2003)]

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John Lennon

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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