John Lennon was a British musician, singer, songwriter, and peace protestor that was born on October 9, 1940, in Liverpool, England. He went on to turn into one of one of the most significant rock artists of the 20th century as a participant of The Beatles.
Lennon matured in a working-class family and also was elevated by his Aunt Mimi as well as Uncle George after his moms and dads divorced. He came to be interested in music at a young age and created his first band, The Quarrymen, in 1956. The team eventually evolved right into The Beatles, as well as Lennon became the group's principal songwriter, penning some of their most famous songs like "Help!" as well as "Imagine".
Along with his collaborate with The Beatles, Lennon had a successful solo profession, releasing cds like "Imagine" and "Mind Games". He also became a singing anti-war activist, famously presenting a "bed-in" with his other half Yoko Ono to promote tranquility.
Unfortunately, on December 8, 1980, Lennon was executed by Mark David Chapman outside his house in New York City. He was simply 40 years old at the time of his fatality, leaving a heritage as one of one of the most cutting-edge and prominent musicians of perpetuity.
Our collection contains 47 quotes who is written / told by John, under the main topic Peace.
"As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot"
"You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die"
"Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground"
"If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal"
"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"
"The more I see the less I know for sure"
"The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction"
"You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth"
"The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you"
"Reality leaves a lot to the imagination"
"You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate"
"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace"
"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"
"I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people"
"I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding"
"I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity"
"I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!"
"I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong"
"I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?"
"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"
"Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something"
"God is a concept by which we measure our pain"
"Everything is clearer when you're in love"
"And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it"
"All you need is love"
"All we are saying is give peace a chance"
"You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!"
"Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun"
"Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry"
"When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream"
"We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it"
"We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity"
"We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship"
"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted"
"These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again"
"There's nothing you can know that isn't known"
"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it"
"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"
"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it"
"Love is the flower you've got to let grow"
"Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow"
"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans"
"Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me"
"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?"
"It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man"
"Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one"
"If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'"
