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<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/i-don-t-intend-to-be-a-performing-flea-anymore-i-was-the-dreamweaver-but-although-i-ll-be-around-346503" class="qlink">I don't intend to be a performing flea anymore. I was the dreamweaver, but although I'll be around I don't intend to be running at 20,000 miles an hour trying to prove myself. I don't want to die at 40.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/i-don-t-intend-to-be-a-performing-flea-anymore-i-was-the-dreamweaver-but-although-i-ll-be-around-346503',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fi-don-t-intend-to-be-a-performing-flea-anymore-i-was-the-dreamweaver-but-although-i-ll-be-around-346503&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=I+don%27t+intend+to+be+a+performing+flea+anymore.+I+was+the+dreamweaver%2C+but+although+I%27ll+be...+%28John+Lennon%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fi-don-t-intend-to-be-a-performing-flea-anymore-i-was-the-dreamweaver-but-although-i-ll-be-around-346503',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/i-don-t-intend-to-be-a-performing-flea-anymore-i-was-the-dreamweaver-but-although-i-ll-be-around-346503" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/if-the-beatles-or-the-60-s-had-a-message-it-was-learn-to-swim-and-once-you-ve-learned-swim-346504" class="qlink">If The Beatles or the 60's had a message, it was "Learn to swim. And once you've learned - swim!".</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/if-the-beatles-or-the-60-s-had-a-message-it-was-learn-to-swim-and-once-you-ve-learned-swim-346504',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fif-the-beatles-or-the-60-s-had-a-message-it-was-learn-to-swim-and-once-you-ve-learned-swim-346504&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=If+The+Beatles+or+the+60%27s+had+a+message%2C+it+was+%22Learn+to+swim.+And+once+you%27ve+learned+-...+%28John+Lennon%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fif-the-beatles-or-the-60-s-had-a-message-it-was-learn-to-swim-and-once-you-ve-learned-swim-346504',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/if-the-beatles-or-the-60-s-had-a-message-it-was-learn-to-swim-and-once-you-ve-learned-swim-346504" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/we-ve-been-on-our-peace-gig-as-we-call-it-for-a-year-solid-and-people-say-do-you-think-it-s-346505" class="qlink">We've been on our peace gig, as we call it, for a year solid. And people say, 'Do you think it's having any effect?' I can't answer that. It's like asking me in the Cavern, 'Are you gonna make it?' In the back of my mind I thought, I'm gonna make it, but I couldn't lay it on the line. And I think that peace is more tangible than Beatles.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/we-ve-been-on-our-peace-gig-as-we-call-it-for-a-year-solid-and-people-say-do-you-think-it-s-346505',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fwe-ve-been-on-our-peace-gig-as-we-call-it-for-a-year-solid-and-people-say-do-you-think-it-s-346505&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=We%27ve+been+on+our+peace+gig%2C+as+we+call+it%2C+for+a+year+solid.+And+people+say%2C+%27Do+you+think+it%27s+...+%28John+Lennon%29+%23...&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fwe-ve-been-on-our-peace-gig-as-we-call-it-for-a-year-solid-and-people-say-do-you-think-it-s-346505',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/we-ve-been-on-our-peace-gig-as-we-call-it-for-a-year-solid-and-people-say-do-you-think-it-s-346505" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/i-thought-of-nothing-else-but-rock-n-roll-apart-from-sex-and-food-and-money-but-that-s-all-the-346506" class="qlink">I thought of nothing else but rock 'n' roll; apart from sex and food and money-but that's all the same thing, really.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/i-thought-of-nothing-else-but-rock-n-roll-apart-from-sex-and-food-and-money-but-that-s-all-the-346506',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fi-thought-of-nothing-else-but-rock-n-roll-apart-from-sex-and-food-and-money-but-that-s-all-the-346506&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=I+thought+of+nothing+else+but+rock+%27n%27+roll%3B+apart+from+sex+and+food+and+money-but+that%27s+all...+%28John+Lennon%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fi-thought-of-nothing-else-but-rock-n-roll-apart-from-sex-and-food-and-money-but-that-s-all-the-346506',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/i-thought-of-nothing-else-but-rock-n-roll-apart-from-sex-and-food-and-money-but-that-s-all-the-346506" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/i-realized-that-kids-everywhere-go-for-the-same-stuff-and-seeing-as-we-d-done-it-in-england-346507" class="qlink">I realized that kids everywhere go for the same stuff; and seeing as we'd done it in England, there's no reason why we couldn't do it in America too.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/i-realized-that-kids-everywhere-go-for-the-same-stuff-and-seeing-as-we-d-done-it-in-england-346507',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fi-realized-that-kids-everywhere-go-for-the-same-stuff-and-seeing-as-we-d-done-it-in-england-346507&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=I+realized+that+kids+everywhere+go+for+the+same+stuff%3B+and+seeing+as+we%27d+done+it+in+England%2C...+%28John+Lennon%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fi-realized-that-kids-everywhere-go-for-the-same-stuff-and-seeing-as-we-d-done-it-in-england-346507',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/i-realized-that-kids-everywhere-go-for-the-same-stuff-and-seeing-as-we-d-done-it-in-england-346507" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
<div class="quote"><div class="quoteDetails"><table><tbody><tr><td class="qd_td"><a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon" class="leftAlignedImage"><img alt="John Lennon"  src="//izquotes.com/images/john-lennon-s1.jpg" width="50" height="66" /></a></td><td class="swidth"><div class="quoteText2">“<a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/you-can-t-cheat-kids-if-you-cheat-them-when-they-re-children-they-ll-make-you-pay-when-they-re-346509" class="qlink">You can't cheat kids. If you cheat them when they're children they'll make you pay when they're sixteen or seventeen by revolting against you or hating you or all those so-called teenage problems. I think that's finally when they're old enough to stand up to you and say, 'What a hypocrite you've been all this time. You've never given me what I really wanted, which is you'.</a>”<br />  ―<a href="//izquotes.com/author/john-lennon">John Lennon</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="action"><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('http://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/you-can-t-cheat-kids-if-you-cheat-them-when-they-re-children-they-ll-make-you-pay-when-they-re-346509',650,370);" class="btn" ><span class="i3"></span><span class="label">Facebook</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="javascript:void(0);" rel="nofollow" onclick="sWindow('https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fyou-can-t-cheat-kids-if-you-cheat-them-when-they-re-children-they-ll-make-you-pay-when-they-re-346509&amp;source=tweetbutton&amp;text=You+can%27t+cheat+kids.+If+you+cheat+them+when+they%27re+children+they%27ll+make+you+pay+when+they%27re...+%28John+Lennon%29+%23quotes&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fizquotes.com%2Fquote%2Fjohn-lennon%2Fyou-can-t-cheat-kids-if-you-cheat-them-when-they-re-children-they-ll-make-you-pay-when-they-re-346509',570,270);" class="btn" target="_blank" ><i></i><span class="label" >Twitter</span></a></div><div class="btn-o btnfont flright"><a href="https://izquotes.com/quote/john-lennon/you-can-t-cheat-kids-if-you-cheat-them-when-they-re-children-they-ll-make-you-pay-when-they-re-346509" class="btn" ><span class="i2"></span><span class="label">Picture</span></a></div></div></div>
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