55 Lennon Quotes for You to Enjoy

I was 11 years old when the Beatles broke up. I was a Lennon fanatic - I mean, I loved Paul too, but Lennon was the guy - and there was always this dream of the Beatles getting back together; there was always this hope. Jim Irsay

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My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on. John Hughes

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I don't like to waste notes, not even one. I like to put the right note in the right place, and my influences have always been those kinds of players. Keith Richards comes to mind, and I really like Nils Lofgren's soloing, because he's so melodic. I love John Lennon's rhythm playing, and George Harrison was an incredible guitarist. Johnny Marr

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The Beatles never sounded intimidated by their idols. They never interpreted old rock; they simply played it as well and as joyfully as they knew how. On 'Rock 'n' Roll,' John Lennon does nothing but interpret old rock. Jon Landau

John Lennon made wonderful music, which people listen to as music. Nobody around the world is living their life according to the precepts of John Lennon. Kevin Macdonald

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I look back and wonder why I wasted my time talking about fried potatoes with the great John Lennon. But that's what was so fabulous about him - he was very down to earth. Kiki Dee

We don't sign an artist to fill a void, ever. I'll never find a Taylor Swift. You can't find a new Madonna, you cannot find a Prince, a Bob Marley, a John Lennon. You won't find another Kanye West. We simply deal with people as they walk in, and we say we either love them or we don't. L.A. Reid

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The ones the listeners loved most of all in those early years were the four Lennon girls who became the whole nation's little sisters. Lawrence Welk

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I wish that I'd written John Lennon's 'Imagine.' Lee Ryan

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Lennon was right. And we are bigger than Jesus. We will be as big as the Beatles, if not bigger. Liam Gallagher

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People say the Beatles were John Lennon. What is Paul McCartney? Chopped liver? But everyone has their own favourite members whose creativity they gravitate to. That's normal. Mike Love

I don't really have a lot of hip-hop and all of that, so I have a lot of John Lennon. That's one that I really like, and The Clash, the Rolling Stones, groups that I think are kind of timeless. Nick Robinson

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To be quite honest, John Lennon had questionable politics. There was a flip side. He was all peace and love, but he was a very violent character. Noel Gallagher

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With every song that I write, I compare it to the Beatles. The thing is, they only got there before me. If I'd been born at the same time as John Lennon, I'd have been up there. Noel Gallagher

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I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool. Paul McCartney

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I think what made John Lennon so exciting as an artist is that, like Dylan and other musicians with a truly important musical legacy, he had several faces, personas that changed over time as he developed. Randy Bachman

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Bob Dylan and John Lennon and Bruce Springsteen, these are soul guys. Bruce Springsteen might not sing like Otis Redding, but he sings with white soul. He's singing and he's writing songs from the bottom of his gut. Robin Thicke

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Over the years, I've had to learn to play. For example, when 'Lennon' was on Broadway, I learned my way around the guitar chords because originally we were all going to play the instruments without a band. Will Chase

My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music. Yoko Ono

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I willingly took John Lennon's life. What I did was despicable. Mark David Chapman

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The band that made me want to be a musician in the first place was the Beatles. And I think John Lennon used to say something like, ‘We're just a singing group,' when he talked about the band. So that's what I say about Mr. Big - we're a singing group! Paul Gilbert

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