3 December 2020 John Lennon 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.
3 December 2020 John Lennon 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.
3 December 2020 John Lennon Part of me suspects that I’m a loser, and the other part of me thinks I’m God Almighty.
3 December 2020 John Lennon 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.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 John Lennon Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn’t insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.
3 December 2020 John Lennon Music is everybody’s possession. It’s only publishers who think that people own it.
3 December 2020 John Lennon 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.
3 December 2020 John Lennon 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.
3 December 2020 John Lennon 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.
3 December 2020 John Lennon Love is the answer, and you know that for sure Love is a flower, you’ve got to let it grow.
3 December 2020 John Lennon 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.
3 December 2020 John Lennon 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.
3 December 2020 John Lennon If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there’d be peace.
3 December 2020 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.
3 December 2020 John Lennon 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.
3 December 2020 John Lennon 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?
