I felt an obligation even then to write a song that people would sing in the pub or on a demonstration. That is why I would like to compose songs for the revolution.
John LennonViolence begets violence, you know. And you can't kill off all the violent people or all the murderers. We'd have to kill off the government.
John LennonIt was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?
John LennonWe need to learn to love ourselves first, in all our glory and our imperfections. If we cannot love ourselves, we cannot fully open to our ability to love others or our potential to create
John LennonYou're only awake when you realise you're awake and when you're dreaming, it is just as real, whatever happens is just as real - whether you actually do die in a dream or fulfil whatever you're doing in a dream, it's, there's nobody to tell me it isn't as real as this now, because how do you know?
John Lennon