976 Quotes by John Lennon

I was a working-class macho guy who was used to being served and Yoko didn’t buy that. From the day I met her, she demanded equal time, equal space, equal rights.

Music’s all right John, but you’ll never make a living out of it.

I was different, I was always different. Why didn’t anybody notice me?

I don’t miss it. I’m glad it happened, but I don’t miss it.

I began to realise that we are all oppressed which is why I would like to do something about it, though I’m not sure where my place is.

If you’re an unknown artist you’re lucky to get an hour in a studio – it’s a hierarchy and if you don’t have hits, you don’t get recorded again.

The artist’s role isn’t to tell people how to feel, but reflect.

Slipping? We’re bigger than Jesus.

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.