Before Cliff (Richard) and The Shadows, there had been nothing worth listening to in British music.
John LennonI didn't leave the Beatles. The Beatles have left the Beatles, but no one wants to be the one to say the party's over.
John LennonDon't let them fool you with dope and cocaine, can't do you know harm to feel your own pain.
John LennonWe're crazy about this city. Los Angeles? That's just a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to San Francisco.
John LennonWe've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.
John LennonThey want to hold onto something they never had in the first place. Anybody who claims to have some interest in me as an individual artist or even as part of the Beatles has absolutely misunderstood everything I ever said if they can't see why I'm with Yoko. And if they can't see that, they don't see anything. They're just jacking off to - it could be anybody. Mick Jagger or somebody else. Let them go jack off to Mick Jagger, okay? I don't need it.
John Lennon