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1940–1980 England
John Winston Ono Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980), born John Winston Lennon, was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, political activist and founding member of The Beatles. His second wife was Yoko Ono.
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I'd like to say "thank you" on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we passed the audition.
She forced me to become avant-garde and take my clothes off, when all I wanted was to be Tom Jones.
The Beatles Anthology (2000)
How can I give love when I don't know what it is I'm giving?
Part of me suspects that I'm a loser and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty.
Playboy interview (1980)
Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see. It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out. It doesn't matter much to me.
NUTOPIA has no land, no boundaries, no passports, only people.
Just gimme some truth — all I want is the truth.
Yes is the answer and you know that for sure … Millions of mind guerrillas putting their soul power to the karmic wheel.
I am he as you are he as you are me
I Am the Walrus (1968)
Imagine all the people living for today...
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 live as one.
Imagine (1971)
I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religion.
Imagine there's no countries; it isn't hard to do...
There's nothing you can do that can't be done. Nothing you can sing that can't be sung. Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game. It's easy. All you need is love.
I wouldn't say I was a born writer; I'm a born thinker.
The Beatles Anthology (2000)
I like rock and roll, and I don't like much else.
Maury Dean (2003)
That's part of our policy, is not to be taken seriously, because I think our opposition, whoever they may be, in all their manifest forms, don't know how to handle humor.
So advertise yourself that you're for peace if you believe in 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.
I used to be coy about it, like me guitar playing. But if there's such a thing as genius — I am one.
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