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

“Creativity is a gift. It doesn't come through if the air is cluttered.”

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

“It came in a vision - a man appeared on a flaming pie and said unto them, 'From this day forward you are Beatles with an A.' Thank you Mister Man, they said, thanking him.”

“When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun.”

“Slipping? We're bigger than Jesus.”

“My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn't know how to cry. Simple.”

Source: John Lennon: In His Own Words

“You can manicure a cat but can you caticure a man?”

Source: Skywriting by Word of Mouth and Other Writings

“Trying to please everybody is impossible - if you did that, you'd end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You've just got to make the decision about what you think is your best, and do it.”

Source: The Beatles Anthology

“Make love, not war.”

“If you want peace, you won't get it with violence.”

“Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away”

“Pools of sorrow waves of joy are drifting thorough my open mind possessing and caressing m”

“No short-haired, yellow-bellied, son of tricky dicky
Is gonna mother hubbard soft soap me
With just a pocketful of soap.”

“I've never really been wanted.”

“Why in the world are we here? Surely not to live in pain and fear. Why on earth are you there, when you're everywhere-come and get your share.”

John Lennon, in "Instant Karma!" (written 27 January 1970)
Lyrics
Context: Instant Karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you off your feet
Better recognize your brothers
Everyone you meet Why in the world are we here?
Surely not to live in pain and fear
Why on Earth are you there
When you're everywhere
Gonna get your share Well, we all shine on
Like the moon and the stars and the sun
Yeah, we all shine on
C'mon and on and on, on, on

“Please don't wake me, no, don't shake me, leave me where I am, I'm only sleeping…”

“Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.”

Variant: Nobody loves you when you're down and out.

“When you cross the street, take my hand”

“There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme.”