“The people have the power. All we have to do is awaken the power in the people.”
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Famous John Lennon Quotes
“When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy.”
“I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything.”
“Surrealism to me is reality. Psychedelic vision is reality to me and always was.”
“Half of what I say is meaningless, but I say it just to reach you.”
“When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.”
“Link Wray and Gene Vincent.... two of the greatest unknowns of rock 'n' roll.”
Source: Lennon Remembers
Source: The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono
“A Conspiracy of silence speaks louder than words.”
Source: Skywriting by word of mouth, and other writings, including The ballad of John and Yoko
“The trouble with government as it is, is that it doesn't represent the people. It controls them.”
“The artist's role isn't to tell people how to feel, but reflect.”
“You say you want a revolution? Well, you know. We all want to change the world.”
“Nothing affected me until I heard Elvis. Without Elvis there would be no Beatles.”
“We need to love ourselves first in All our glory and imperfections”
“Instant Karma's gonna get you, gonna knock you right on the head”
“Meanings of all songs come after they are recorded. Someone else has to interpret them”