John Lennon

I don't believe in killing whatever the reason.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends.

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact.

Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part thinks I'm God Almighty.

Will all of you people who believe in the power of love, please join together in saying 'Rabbouni'?

I am the eggman. They are the eggmen. I am the walrus.

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

I've always been politically minded, you know, and anger makes a rare luxury.

Music is everybody's possession and if you mess that up, you're a bugger, not a musician.

When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system's game.

I used to think that the world was broken down by tribes... Now I know that it's really languages that divide us.

We were all born with a bang.

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had.

I don't mind people putting us down, but it's the only thing they've got.

Art is only a way of seeing magic.

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel.

Happiness is just how you feel when you don't feel miserable.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The hotel receptionist wants a handshake. The world wants my time.

I've seen the yellow and green and me all alone.