25 Must Read Quotes Of John Lennon

1. 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.
2. Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.
3. You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.
4. The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.
5. 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.
6. If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.
7. Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.
8. The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.
9. The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?
10. Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.
11. 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.
12. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.
13. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity.
14. And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.
15. 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.
16. 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.
17. 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.
18. 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?
19. 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.
20. There's nothing you can know that isn't known.
21. I believe time wounds all heels.
22. All you need is love.
23. I don't believe in killing whatever the reason!
24. Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.
25. It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.