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John Lennon Quotes - Page 23

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People never grasp the fact that they're going to have to go through the same thing again. They get to the sort of five-year stretch or the seven-year itch or whatever these tension points are that seem to be organic,

People never grasp the fact that they're going to have to go through the same thing again. They get to the sort of five-year stretch or the seven-year itch or whatever these tension points are that seem to be organic, built in, like the tide coming in and going out. It's like every time the tide goes out you quit--you move your house or something.

Moving, Years, People

John Lennon, Yōko Ono, David Sheff, G. Barry Golson (1981). “The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono”, Putnam Pub Group

I just said what I said and it was wrong. Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this.

Taken, Said

News conference in Chicago, where he apologized for the above statement, which was accepted by the Vatican, August 11, 1966.

Sitting on a cornflake, Waiting for the van to come...

Waiting, Sitting, Vans

"Song: I Am the Walrus (Magical Mystery Tour)". November 24, 1967.

One thing I can tell you is you have to be free. Come together, right now, over me.

Inspirational, Together, One Thing

I don't mind looking to the camera - it's people that throw me.

People, Mind, Cameras

Getting out of one car and getting into another

Car

I never listen to the radio. If it's bad, I make fun of it, and if it's good, I get jealous that I didn't think of it.

Fun, Jealous, Thinking

It made me high. It really did.

Hinduism, Made

I'm an Elvis fan because it was Elvis who really got me out of Liverpool.

Fans, Liverpool

It's Wierd not to be Wierd.

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.

Change, Wisdom, Love Yourself

"Celebrating John Lennon’s Birthday in His Own Inspiring Words" by Jeryl Brunner, parade.com. October 09, 2014.

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war -for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.

Inspirational, War, Guitar

"The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics" by The Beatles, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1969.

Strawberry fields forever

Famous Love, Forever, Fields

The Beatles, John Lennon, Paul McCartney (2010). “Lennon & McCartney Piano Songs for Dummies (Music Instruction)”, p.125, Hal Leonard Corporation

In England, there are only two things to be, basically: You are either for the labor movement or for the capitalist movement. Either you become a right-wing Archie Bunker if you are in the class I am in, or you become an instinctive socialist, which I was.

Class, Wings, Two

"Playboy" Interview with David Sheff, September 1980.

I know I hurt you then But that was way back when.

Hurt, Back When, Way

We gave up everything just to sit at your table.

Sacrifice, Tables, Gave Up

Barney Kessel is incredible. He's just amazing . . . . Nobody can play guitar like that

Music, Guitar, Play

We announce the birth of a conceptual country, NEWTOPIA. Citizenship of the country can be obtained by declaration of your awareness of NEWTOPIA. NEWTOPIA has no land, no boundaries, no passports, only people. NEWTOPIA has no laws other than cosmic. All people of NEWTOPIA are ambassadors of the country. As two ambassadors of NEWTOPIA, we ask for diplomatic immunity and recognition in the United Nations of our country and our people.

Music, Country, Law

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.

Jesus, Car, Cinema

That's part of our policy, is not to be taken seriously because I think our opposition, whoever they may be in all their manifest forms, don't know how to handle humour.

Taken, Humor, Thinking

Interview with David Wigg on BBC Radio-One program "Scene and Heard", May 8, 1969.

News conference in Chicago, where he apologized for the above statement, which was accepted by the Vatican. (11 August 1966)

Inspirational, Life, August

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

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

The world is still spinning and so are we and so are you. When the spinning stops - that'll be the time to worry. Not before.

Worry, World, Spinning

"As Time Goes By by Derek Taylor review - life in the Beatles' magic circle" by John Harris, www.theguardian.com. April 4, 2018.

I've got used to the fact - just about - that whatever I do is going to be compared to the other Beatles. If I took up ballet dancing, my ballet dancing would be compared with Paul (McCartney)'s bowling.

Dancing, Ballet, Would Be

A more interesting question is not 'Why did they break up?' but 'Would they have gotten back together?' ... There's always a chance we'd work together again, but I can't see us touring. I just see us making records.

Music, Together Again, Interesting

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