He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride.John Lennon
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.John Lennon
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.John Lennon
If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it.John Lennon
The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.John Lennon
And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it.John Lennon
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.John Lennon
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.John Lennon
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.John Lennon
Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me.John Lennon
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?John Lennon
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? John Lennon
Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip.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.John Lennon
We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first, rock 'n' roll or Christianity.John Lennon
Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.John Lennon