John Lennon

Before Elvis, there was nothing.

When you're drowning, you don't say, 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream.

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

I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.

I've got a right to be moody.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and 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.

I always was a freak, you know. I was a freak since I was a child. I'm a freak now. I like being a freak. I don't care if I'm a freak.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

I can't remember anything without a song.

The more I see, the less I know for sure.

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.

Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.

Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.

I'm a working-class hero. A real working-class hero.

Declare it. Just declare it. No clutch, no dick, no anything. Just declare it. And it's there.

The thing is, I'm a Gemini. I'm a double personality. I'm very emotional; I'm very cold. I'm very everything.

We were all on this ship in the '60s, a yellow submarine, and it was a wonderful trip. Then the ship started to sink.

Show me a man who isn't a slave and I'll show you a man who doesn't exist.