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- My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.
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Jan 21, 1971 · If you would put me with B. B. King, I would feel real silly. I’m an artist, and if you give me a tuba, I’ll bring you something out of it.
Mar 7, 2015 · Quote Investigator: John Lennon did mention children and art during an interview in 1969. Lennon was highly critical of many aspects of society during the colloquy, and he was asked about his alternative ideas for governance.
Jul 31, 2017 · I’m an artist, and if you give me a tuba, I’ll bring you something out of it. — John Lennon. I read that quote from John Lennon when I was just starting out on guitar.
- On The Beatles
- On Songwriting
- On Himself
- On Marriage to Yoko Ono
- On Fatherhood
- On Faith
- On Listening to Music
- On Other Rock Stars
- On Health and Mortality
- On Drugs
"We're not Beatles to each other, you know. It's a joke to us. If we're going out the door of the hotel, we say, 'Right! Beatle John! Beatle George now! Come on, let's go!' We don't put on a false front or anything." — Look, 1966 "Paul (McCartney) and I made a deal when we were 15. There was never a legal deal between us, just a deal we made when w...
"All we are saying is, 'This is what is happening to us.' We are sending postcards. I don't let it become 'I am the awakened; you are sheep that will be shown the way.' That is the danger of saying anything, you know." — Playboy, 1981 "I was trying to write about an affair without letting me wife know I was writing about an affair, so it was very ...
"I'm cynical about society, politics, newspapers, government. But I'm not cynical about life, love, goodness, death. That's why I really don't want to be labeled a cynic." — Look, 1966 "I'm a freakin' artist, man, not a (expletive) race horse." — Rolling Stone, 1975 "Yes, if there is such a thing, I am one." — Rolling Stone, 1971, when asked if ...
"It was very romantic. It's all in the song, The Ballad of John and Yoko. If you want to know how it happened, it's in there. Gibraltar was like a little sunny dream. I couldn't find a white suit — I had sort of off-white corduroy trousers and a white jacket. Yoko had all white on." — Rolling Stone, 1971 "When we got married, we knew our honeymoo...
"If you know your history, it took (Ono and me) a long time to have a live baby. And I wanted to give five solid years to Sean. I hadn't seen Julian, my first son (by ex-wife Cynthia), grow up at all. And now there's a 17-year-old man on the phone talking about motorbikes." — Newsweek, 1980 "Yoko became the breadwinner, taking care of the bankers ...
"I believe Jesus was right, Buddha was right, and all of those people like that are right. They're all saying the same thing — and I believe it. I believe what Jesus actually said — the basic things he laid down about love and goodness — and not what people say he said." — Look, 1966 "I don't believe in magic ... I don't believe in Jesus ... I ...
"There is nothing conceptually better than rock 'n' roll. No group, be it Beatles, Dylan or Stones, have ever improved on Whole Lot of Shaking for my money. Or maybe I'm like our parents: that's my period and I dig it and I'll never leave it." — Rolling Stone, 1971 "All music is rehash. There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme. Try t...
"It depends who they are. If it's Mick (Jagger) or the Old Guard as I call them, yeah, they're the Old Guard. Elton (John), David (Bowie) are the newies. I don't feel like an old uncle, dear, 'cause I'm not that much older than half of 'em, hehe." — Rolling Stone, 1975 "I didn't come after Elvis and Dylan, I've been around always. But if I see or ...
"I don't want to grow up but I'm sick of not growing up — that way. I'll find a different way of not growing up. There's a better way of doing it than torturing your body." — Rolling Stone, 1975 "We're mostly macrobiotic, but sometimes I take the family out for a pizza." — Playboy, 1981 "I could still be forgotten when I'm dead. I don't really c...
"It was only another mirror. It wasn't a miracle. It was more of a visual thing and a therapy, looking at yourself a bit." — Rolling Stone, 1971, on how LSD affected his music after he began experimenting in 1964 "We were smoking marijuana for breakfast. We were well into marijuana and nobody could communicate with us, because we were just all gla...
Oct 9, 2020 · Below is a selection of quotes – 80 in total, to mark his birthday – that demonstrate the breadth of ideas Lennon expressed, covering himself, music, fame, peace and love and life itself.
Sep 26, 2023 · In this collection, we’ll delve into the heart of John Lennon’s inspirational quotes, exploring the timeless wisdom that continues to inspire artists, activists, and dreamers alike. These quotes serve as a testament to Lennon’s enduring legacy, a legacy that extends far beyond the realm of music, touching the very essence of what it means ...
