News conference in Chicago, where he apologized for the above statement, which was accepted by the Vatican. (11 August 1966)
John LennonI thought the original Communist revolutionaries coordinated themselves a bit better and didn't go around shouting about it.
John LennonI don't mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore. You've got to have people putting you down. It doesn't give any edge to it if everybody just falls flat on their face saying, "You're great." We enjoy some of the criticisms as well, they're quite funny; some of the clever criticisms, not the ones that don't know anything, but some of the clever ones are quite fun.
John Lennon