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John Lennon Quotes - Page 9

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In Paris in 1964 was the first time I ever heard Dylan at all. Paul got the record (The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan) from a French DJ. For three weeks in Paris we didn't stop playing it. We all went potty about Dylan.

In Paris in 1964 was the first time I ever heard Dylan at all. Paul got the record (The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan) from a French DJ. For three weeks in Paris we didn't stop playing it. We all went potty about Dylan.

Music, Paris, Three

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.

Artist, Lucky, Hierarchy

Source: www.counterpunch.org

Nothing you can know that isn't known Nothing you can see that isn't shown Nowhere you can be that isn't where you're meant to be It's easy

Easy, Knows, Known

John Lennon (2002). “The Songs of John Lennon: The Beatles Years”, p.215, Berklee Press

From our earliest days in Liverpool, George and I on the one hand and Paul on the other had different musical tastes. Paul preferred 'pop type' music and we preferred what is now called 'underground'. This may have led to arguments, particularly between Paul and George, but the contrast in tastes, I'm sure, did more good than harm, musically speaking, and contributed to our success.

Music, Hands, Different

All of us growing up have come to terms with too much pain. Although we repress it, it's still there. The worst pain is that of not being wanted, of realising your parents do not need you in the way you need them.

Growing Up, Pain, Parent

Source: www.counterpunch.org

Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed.

Writing Songs, Demon, Songwriting

Remember to let her into your heart.

Song, Heart, Remember

"Song: "Hey Jude"". 1968.

I would like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we’ve passed the audition.

Groups, Auditions, Saying Thank You

Closing line at a rooftop concert, January 30, 1969.

The dream is over. I gotta get down to reality. The good old days is garbage.

Music, Dream, Reality

The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.

Honor, Crosses, Distinction

I can't play guitar, but I can sure make it howl.

Guitar, Play, Howl

Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.

Inspirational, Sunset, Thinking

Interview with David Sheff, Playboy, www.john-lennon.com. January 1981.

I want it to sound like an orange.

Orange, Sound, Want

There are a lot of people walking around with long hair now and some trendy middle class kids in pretty clothes. But nothing changed except that we all dressed up a bit, leaving the same bastards running everything.

Running, Kids, Hair

Source: www.counterpunch.org

When I started, rock and roll itself was the basic revolution to people of my age and situation. We needed something loud and clear to break through all the unfeeling and repression that had been coming down on us kids.

Kids, Rocks, Break Through

Source: www.counterpunch.org

[Polythene Pam] was me, remembering a little event with a woman in Jersey, and a man who was England's answer to Allen Ginsberg, who gave us our first exposure - this is so long - you can't deal with all this. You see, everything triggers amazing memories. I met him when we were on tour and he took me back to his apartment and I had a girl and he had one he wanted me to meet. He said she dressed up in polythene, which she did. She didn't wear jackboots and kilts, I just sort of elaborated. Perverted sex in a polythene bag. Just looking for something to write about.

Girl, Sex, Memories

The pressures of being a parent are equal to any pressure on earth. To be a conscious parent, and really look to that little being's mental and physical health, is a responsibility which most of us, including me, avoid most of the time because it's too hard.

Children, Responsibility, Parenting

At one time I was so much involved in the religious bullshit that I used to go around calling myself a Christian Communist, but as Janov says, religion is legalised madness.

Christian, Religious, Bullshit

As a kid I had a dream - I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike. Most kids left their bike in the backyard at night. Not me. I insisted on taking mine indoors and the first night I even kept it in my bed.

Inspirational, Dream, Kids

Paul and I know each other on a lot of different levels that very few people know about.

People, Different, Levels

Love is real, real is love.

Love, Life, Real

Song: Love, Album: The U.S. vs. John Lennon

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.

Retirement, Responsibility, Glimpse

KFRC RKO Radio Interview, December 08, 1980.

Nothing will stop me, and whether I'm here or wherever I may be, I'll always have the same feelings, I'll say what I feel.

Feelings, May, Feels

Well, I don't want to be king, I want to be real.

Inspirational, Motivational, Kings

Jeff Burger, John Lennon (2017). “Lennon On Lennon: Conversations With John Lennon”, p.156, Omnibus Press

When somebody is angry with us, we draw a halo around his or her head, in our minds. Does the person stop being angry then? Well, we don't know! We know, though, that when we draw a halo around a person, suddenly the person starts to look like an angel to us.

Peace, Angel, Mind

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