Quotes by John Lennon

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

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

"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."

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

"You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!"

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

"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted."

"The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?"

"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."

"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."

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

"All we are saying is give peace a chance."

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

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

"Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something."

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

"All you need is love."

"If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal."

"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."

"Everything is clearer when you're in love."