John Lennon Quotes

Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity. 
John Lennon 

God is a concept by which we measure our pain. 
John Lennon 

I don't believe in killing whatever the reason! 
John Lennon 

If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it. 
John Lennon 

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace. 
John Lennon 

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal. 
John Lennon 

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

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. 
John Lennon 

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. 
John Lennon 

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it. 
John Lennon 

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. 
John Lennon 

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. 
John Lennon 

The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it? 
John Lennon 

The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you. 
John Lennon 

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility. 
John Lennon 

We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship. 
John Lennon 

We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity. 
John Lennon 

We'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 Lennon 

When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream. 
John Lennon 

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth. 
John Lennon