976 Quotes by John Lennon

Everybody seems to think I’m lazy I don’t mind, I think they’re crazy. Running everywhere at such a speed Till they find there’s no need.

Only by trying on other people’s clothes do we find what size we are.

Strawberry fields forever.

I’d always felt repressed. We were all so pressurised that there was hardly any chance of expressing ourselves, especially working at that rate, touring continually and always kept in a cocoon of myths and dreams.

One day at a time is all we do. One day at a time is good for you.

I started being me about the songs, not writing objectively, but subjectively. I think it was Dylan who helped me realize that – not by any discussion or anything, but by hearing his work.

Look, I wasn’t saying the Beatles are better than God or Jesus. I said ‘Beatles’ because it’s easy for me to talk about Beatles. I could have said TV or the cinema, motor cars or anything popular and I would have gotten away with it.

I didn’t leave the Beatles. The Beatles have left the Beatles, but no one wants to be the one to say the party’s over.

How can I go forward when I don’t know which way I’m facing?