Quotes By John Lennon

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure; Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

The more I see the less I know for sure.

We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship.

Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more.

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.

Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality.

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.

All we are saying is give peace a chance.

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.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

Everything is clearer when you're in love.

The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you.

And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here?

You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.

The more real you get, the more unreal the world gets.

Declare it. Just the same way we declare war. That is how we will have peace... we just need to declare it.