I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there.
George Harrison and John Lennon were the ones most against touring. . . I'd been trying to say. . Ah, tourings good and it keeps us sharp. . but finally I agreed with them
It would be great to have Bach in one corner, Bessie Smith in another, John Lennon in another. That's what I'd ideally like. A studio of the dead.
Mr. Lennon would want me free, and I'd like to clear that up.
I guess John Lennon had it right: give peace a chance.
To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.
As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead.
I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick on'.
After my husband John Lennon passed away, I tried to smile for my health.
John Lennon imagined a world filled with peace and love. Martin Luther King dreamt of a world free from racial discrimination and oppression. The guy who invented the Frisbee, dreamt of a world where people would throw a fat, circular object at each other in order to pass the time. He succeeded.
John Lennon was definitely my favorite Beatle, hands down.
With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there.
I only have one idol: John Lennon.
The history of popular music is littered with great partnerships. Rodgers had his Hammerstein, Lennon had his McCartney, and Lloyd Webber had. . . his photocopier.
Lennon was right. And we are bigger than Jesus. We will be as big as the Beatles, if not bigger.
John [Lennon] as a singer - the way he sings on "Twist and Shout" and the way he sings on "Strawberry Fields Forever" - is a very odd voice, in the sense that it seems to be celebrating but almost mourning at the same time. There's a quality of mourning to his voice, which is very enigmatic.
I feel that I see John Lennon now as not a celebrity. I did then. I saw him as a cardboard cutout on an album cover.
Gentlemen, haven't we learned anything from the music of John Lennon? All we need is love.
Music doesn't always bring me to tears; if I hear "Love" by John Lennon at a vulnerable moment it will bring me to tears.
anyone who sings about love and harmony and life [john lennon] is dangerous to someone who sings about death and killing and subduing [Nixon]
