976 Quotes by John Lennon

They told me I didn’t understand the assignment, I told them they didn’t understand life.

I’ve always been politically minded, you know, and against the status quo.

It seems that all revolutions end up with a personality cult – even the Chinese seem to need a father-figure.

I didn’t come after Elvis and Dylan, I’ve been around always. But if I see or meet a great artist, I love ’em.

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?

Meanings of all songs come after they are recorded. Someone else has to interpret them.

I just sat all night looking at him, saying, ‘Wow, it’s incredible.’ When Yoko woke up, I told her, ‘He’s fine,’ and we cried.

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.

The establishment irritates you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight because once they’ve got you violent they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humour.