John Lennon: Trending quotes (page 6)

“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.”

“I'm not really a career person; I'm a gardener, basically.”

“A mistake is only an error, it becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it”

“I used to think it was mere homesickness, then I started getting it at home.”

“It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think "Wow how did I get here?”

“One thing I can tell you is you have to be free. Come together, right now, over me.”

“So long ago, was it in a dream, was it just a dream?”

“I still believe that all you need is love.”

“The sun is up, the sky is blue
It's beautiful, and so are you”

“Declare it. Just the same way we declare war. That is how we will have peace… we just need to declare it.”

“I'd like to say "thank you" on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we passed the audition.
Closing line of the Beatles' rooftop concert on (30 January 1969), this was also the last line of the Let It Be film and the album version of "Get Back"”

“Man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe.”

“Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable.”

“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.”

“Nothing really affected me until I heard Elvis. If there hadn't been an Elvis, there wouldn't have been the Beatles.”

“I put things down on sheets of paper and stuff them in my pockets. When I have enough, I have a book.”

“I'm not going to sacrifice love, real love, for any *%@$n' war or any friend, or any business, because in the end you're alone at night.”

“Without Jimmy (James) Dean the Beatles would never have existed.”

“Turn off your mind, relax, and float downstream.”