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I was different, I was always different. Why didn't anybody notice me?

I was different, I was always different. Why didn't anybody notice me?

John Lennon
Being Different, Different, Notice Me
John Lennon, Jann Wenner (2000). “Lennon Remembers”, p.137, Verso

The only reason I am a star is because of my repression. Nothing else would have driven me through all that if I was 'normal'.

John Lennon
Stars, Being Different, Normal

I always was a rebel...but on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted...and not just be a loudmouth, lunatic, poet, musician. But I cannot be what I am not.

John Lennon
Acceptance, Hands, Being Different

People like me are aware of their so-called genius at ten, eight, nine.

John Lennon
Eight, People, Being Different
"Lennon Remembers, Part Two". Interview with Jann S. Wenner, www.rollingstone.com. February 4, 1971.

In one way, I was always hip. I was hip in kindergarten. I was different from the others. There was something wrong with me, I thought, because I seemed to see things people didn't see. I always saw things in a hallucinatory way.

John Lennon
People, Being Different, Way

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