976 Quotes by John Lennon

It’s better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out.

When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.

Imagine there’s no varmints. It isn’t hard to do.

I’ve never voted. I’ve never voted yet although I could have voted for the last ten years.

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?

As in a love affair, two creative people can destroy themselves trying to recapture that youthful spirit, at twenty-one or twenty-four, of creating without even being aware of how it’s happening.

We’re mostly macrobiotic, but sometimes I take the family out for a pizza.

There are two basic motivating forces: fear and love. When we are afraid, we pull back from life. When we are in love, we open to all that life has to offer with passion, excitement, and acceptance.

Music is everybody’s business. It’s only the publishers who think people own it.