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Imagine there's no
heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky,
Imagine all the people
living for today...
Imagine there's no countries,
It isn't hard to do,
Nothing to kill or die for,
No religion too,
Imagine all the people
living life in peace...
Imagine no possessions,
I wonder if you can,
No need for greed or hunger,
A brotherhood of man,
imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I'm a dreamer,
but I'm not the only one,
I hope some day you'll join us,
And the world will live as one...
«Life is what
happens to you while you're busy making other plans.»
John Lennon, «Double Fantasy», 1980
«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
«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.»
«Strawberry Fields Forever»
The Beatles, 1967
«Picture yourself
in a boat on a river with tangerine trees and marmalade skies,
somebody calls you, you answer quite slowly, a girl with kaleidoscope eyes,
cellophane flowers of yellow and green, towering over your head,
look for the girl with the sun in her eyes and she's gone...»
«Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds»
The Beatles, 1967
«My intentions are
good, I use my intuition.
It takes me for a ride, but I never understood other people's superstitions. It seemed
like suicide.
And as I play the game of life, I try to make it better each and every day.
And when I struggle in the night, the magic of the music seems to light the way.
Intuition takes me there. Intuition takes me everywhere.
Well my instincts are fine. I had to learn to use them in order to survive.
And time after time confirmed an old suspicion - it's good to be alive.
And when I'm deep down and out and lose communication with nothing left to say,
It's then I realize it's only a condition of seeing things that way
Intuition takes me there. Intuition takes me everywhere...»
«Intuition» («Mind Games»)
John Lennon, 1973
«John Lennon was a
true hero. He taught us to believe in the power of love,
and he changed the world with his music. He should be remembered with all the respect and
love he deserves.»
Yoko Ono Lennon
«I have hidden
myself in work today. But it keeps flashing in my mind. I feel shattered, angry and very
sad.
It's just ridiculous. He was pretty rude about me sometimes, but I secretly admired him
for it,
and I always managed to stay in touch with him. There was no question that we weren't
friends,
I really loved the guy. I think that what has happened will in years to come make people
realize that John was
an international statesman. He often looked a loony to many people. He made enemies, but
he was fantastic.
He was a warm man who cared a lot and with the record 'Give Peace A Chance' helped stop
the Vietnam War.
He made a lot of sense.»
Paul McCartney
«After all we went
through together I had - and still have - great love and respect for him.
I am shocked and stunned. To rob life is ultimate robbery. This perpetual encroachment on
other people's space
is taken to the limit with the use of a gun. It is an outrage that people can take other
people's lives
when they obviously haven't got their own lives in order.»
George Harrison
«It was a
staggering moment when I first heard the news.
Lennon was a most talented man and above all, a gentle soul.
John and his colleagues set a high standard by which contemporary mucic continues to be
measured.»
Frank Sinatra
«First up John was
always a good friend. He was never the abusive, aggressive guy
some people made him out to be. When John was killed I think he was just hitting his peak,
both as an artist and a human being. And that's the saddest thing of all isn't it? John's
death.»
Gerry Marsden
«Forty is an early
age to have to leave this planet, but as a performer,
the way Lennon was killed is very frightening and tragic to me.
He was truly one of the world's greatest musical innovators
and I'm sure he'll be missed and mourned by many, especially those of us who are his
peers.»
Smokey Robinson
«Almost everyone
who becomes famous ends up acting the way famous people act.
It isn't so much that famous people want to act that way; they are forced into certain
patterns of behavior.
John Lennon was trying to act some way other than the way famous people act and people
wouldn't let him.»
Andy Rooney
«I liked John a
lot. He was the one I really got on with the most. We weren't buddy-buddies,
but we were always friendly. But after the Beatles and the Stones stopped playing clubs,
we didn't see each other that much until he separated from Yoko, around 1974. We got
really friendly again.
And when he went back with Yoko, he went into hibernation. When I went to visit someone in
the Dakota,
I'd leave him a note saying: 'I live next door. I know you don't want to see anyone, but
if you do, please call.'
He never did.»
Mick Jagger (The Rolling Stones)
«I first met John
in March 1963, when the Beatles came down to see the Stones play
in this dingy club called the Station Hotel in Richmond. They stood in line in their
little leather coats
and later came back to the flat. We stayed up all night talking about music and became
good friends.
John knew where he was going and was very strong; he really got it together. Very
determined.»
Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones)
«I first
encountered John in England during the 'Let It Be'-period, when I took a bunch of pictures
of him and Yoko
in a basement. Being only twenty-one and an amateur; I overexposed the photos, but I got
great pictures of Yoko.
They liked them so much they asked me to take more, and I was surprised that someone of
his stature
would overlook my mistakes and give me another chance. Years later; I sent John some video
tapes to show him
what I had been up to and he asked me to shoot a promotion film for '(Just Like) Starting
Over'
that Yoko would direct and produce. Once, while we were shooting in Central Park, he
laughed and said:
'This reminds me of Rubber Soul, only my face has fallen'. »
Ethan Russell
«Since the time
they had one of their first hits with Roll Over Beethoven, I've always felt very close to
the Beatles.
I felt as if I lost a little part of myself when John died.»
Chuck Berry
«John was one of
the handful of true rock poets, and his lyrics always bore the stamp of his unique mind.
Listening to them now they seem unbearably poignant, full of other meanings now that he
has gone.»
Graham Russell
«When Lennon died,
I lost a friend I've never met,
a friend I've never talked to,
a friend I've never seen in person,
but a friend nevertheless.»
Bob Batz
«We have lost a genius of the spirit.»
Norman Mailer
The Beatles
John Lennon (Wikipedia)
John Lennon and Beatles memorabilia
Remembering John Lennon
Working Class Hero
John Lennon photos
Imagine
Bagism
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