Quotes By John Lennon

If someone thinks that peace and love are just a cliche that must have been left behind in the '60s, that's a problem. Peace and love are eternal.

I'm not afraid of death because I don't believe in it. It's just getting out of one car, and into another.

I could still be forgotten when I'm dead. I don't really care what happens when I'm dead.

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it.

We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it.

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

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

Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity.

All you need is love.

It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.

Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun.

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die.

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'.

Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground.

There's nothing you can know that isn't known.

These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again.