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“Ringo isn't the best drummer in the world. He isn't even the best drummer in the Beatles”

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Jasper Carrott is a British comedian known for his unique humor style and sharp wit. Born on March 14, 1945, he has been active in the British comedy scene since the 1970s. more

“I don't have any romanticism about any part of my past. I think of it only inasmuch as it gave me pleasure or helped me grow psychologically. That is the only thing that interests me about yesterday. I don't believe in yesterday, by the way. You know I don't believe in yesterday. I am only interested in what I am doing now.”

Thinking Knows Way Believe Past Grows Interest Pleasure Don't Believe Yesterday Romanticism My Past

Author:John Lennon

“I've always considered my work one piece and I consider that my work won't be finished until I am dead and buried and I hope that's a long, long time.”

Long Pieces Long Time Finished Buried One Piece

Book:Lennon On Lennon: Conversations With John Lennon

Source: Lennon On Lennon: Conversations With John Lennon

“Nor do I think we came from monkeys, by the wayThat's another piece of garbage. What the hell's it based on? We couldn't've come from anything-fish, maybe, but not monkeys. I don't believe in the evolution of fish to monkeys to men. Why aren't monkeys changing into men now? It's absolute garbage. It's absolutely irrational garbage, as mad as the ones who believe the world was made only four thousand years ago, the fundamentalists.”

Thinking Men World Years Believe Made Hell Pieces Four Evolution Thousand Years Ago Absolutes Mad Don't Believe Fishes Irrational Thousand Years Monkeys Garbage

Author:John Lennon

“It's better to fade away like an old soldier than to burn out. I don't appreciate worship of dead Sid Vicious or of dead James Dean or of dead John Wayne. It's the same thing. Making Sid Vicious a hero, Jim Morrison - it's garbage to me. I worship the people who survive. Gloria Swanson, Greta Garbo.”

People Hero Worship Appreciate Soldier Fades Vicious Garbage Dean Wayne Fade Away Burn Out Gloria Sids Old Soldiers Garbo

Author:John Lennon

“I'm not a god or the God, but we're all God and we're all potentially divine - and potentially evil. We all have everything within us and the Kingdom of Heaven is nigh and within us, and if you look hard enough you'll see it.”

Ifs Looks Hard Enough Evil Heaven Divine Kingdoms Kingdom Of Heaven

Author:John Lennon

“And, because my role in society - or any artist or poet's role - is to try to express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel, not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all. And it's like that's the job of the artist in society, not to...they're not some alienated being living on the outskirts of town. It's fine to live on the outskirts of town, but artists must reflect what we all are. … If that's taken it too much on meself, I feel that artists are that - they're reflections of society... Mirrors.”

People Ifs Feels Trying Jobs Artist Leader Roles Taken Too Much Poet Fine Reflection Towns Mirrors Preacher Living On

Author:John Lennon

“You feel alone if you're the only one thinking 'wouldn't it be nice if there was peace and nobody was getting killed.' So advertise yourself that you're for peace if you believe in it.”

Ifs Thinking Feels Believe Nice Being Nice If You Believe

Author:John Lennon

“I feel now at 53 I have grown into a deeper understanding of what a human life is.”

Feels Humans Life Is Understanding Deeper Human Life Deeper Understanding

Author:John Lennon

“I wouldn't say I was a born writer; I'm a born thinker.”

Born Thinker

Author:John Lennon

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