Source: The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono
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Famous John Lennon Quotes
“Nobody's ever tried the peace thing, ... We are selling it like soap.”
“Why don't people believe us when we say we're simply in love?”
Source: The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono
“You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!”
“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”
“Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.”
“Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.”
Source: The Songs of John Lennon: The Beatles Years
Source: Lennon Remembers
“Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.”
Source: The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono
“Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.”
“Love, Love, Love. All you need is love. Love is all you need.”
“Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable.”
“Always remember this: 'A kiss will never miss, and after many kisses a miss becomes a misses.'”
“I remember a time when everybody I loved hated me because I hated them.”
“What we’ve got to do is keep hope alive. Because without it we’ll sink.”
“It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out.”
Source: The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yōko Ono
“Art is only a way of expressing pain.”
Source: Lennon On Lennon: Conversations With John Lennon
“I believe in everything until it's disproved.”
Source: Lennon Remembers