John Lennon

A working-class hero is something to be.

Imagine no hunger. ...

The thing is, in America, it just seemed ridiculous -- I mean, the idea of having a hit record over there, ... It was just something you could never do.

He's a real Nowhere Man, Sitting in his Nowhere Land, Making all his nowhere plans for nobody. Doesn't have a point of view, Knows not where he's going to, Isn't he a bit like you and me

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

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.

Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.

Life is what happens while you are making other plans.

I don't believe in killing whatever the reason

Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem.

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are

Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.

No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low.

When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun.

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.

You may say I'm a dreamer, But I'm not the only one.I hope some day you'll join usand the world will be as one.

Nothing's gonna change my world, Nothing's gonna change my world.

They torture and scare you for twenty odd years... then they expect you to pick a career.

I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong.

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.