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John Lennon 228
English singer and songwriter 1940–1980Related quotes

“I want you to make love, not war — I know you've heard it before.”
"Mind Games" — the final fading statement on the track.
Lyrics, Mind Games (1973)

“You don't have to war with a woman, you just get lost. Better to make love.”
Original: (it) Non ti conviene fare la guerra con una donna, ci perdi e basta. Meglio farci l'amore.
Source: prevale.net

“Won't you rather make love, children
As opposed to war, like you know you should?”
Keep Gettin' It On, co-written with Ed Townsend.
Song lyrics, Let's Get It On (1973)

Source: The Tales of Alvin Maker, Red Prophet (1988), Chapter 17.

Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002)

The Human Comedy (1943)
Context: Everything is changed — for you. But it is still the same, too. The loneliness you feel has come to you because you are no longer a child. But the whole world has always been full of that loneliness. The loneliness does not come from the War. The War did not make it. It was the loneliness that made the War.