A day spent wasting time, that you enjoyed, is not time wasted. John Lennon More Quotes by John Lennon More Quotes From John Lennon A more interesting question is not 'Why did they break up?' but 'Would they have gotten back together?' ... There's always a chance we'd work together again, but I can't see us touring. I just see us making records. John Lennon together-againmusicinteresting I've withdrawn many times. Part of me is a monk, and part a performing flea! The fear in the music business is that you don't exist if you're not at Xenon with Andy Warhol. John Lennon xenonfleasmonk Lack of feeling in an emotional sense is responsible for the way some singers do our songs. They don't understand and are too old to grasp the feeling. Beatles are really the only people who can play Beatle music. John Lennon emotionalmusicsong I don't know if I want to record together again. I go off and on it... In the old days, when we needed an album, Paul and I got together and produced enough songs for it. Nowadays, there's three of us writing prolifically and trying to fit it all into one album. John Lennon musicwritingsong You don't have to be some sort of freak to meditate John Lennon freak There is no denying that we are still living in the capitalist world. I think that in order to survive and to change the world, you have to take care of yourself first. You have to survive yourself. John Lennon orderworldthinking That radicalism (of the '70s) was phony, really, because it was out of guilt. I'd always felt guilty that I made money, so I had to give it away or lose it. I don't mean I was a hypocrite. When I believe, I believe right down to the roots. John Lennon hypocritemeanbelieve In England, there are only two things to be, basically: You are either for the labor movement or for the capitalist movement. Either you become a right-wing Archie Bunker if you are in the class I am in, or you become an instinctive socialist, which I was. John Lennon classwingstwo In Paris in 1964 was the first time I ever heard Dylan at all. Paul got the record (The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan) from a French DJ. For three weeks in Paris we didn't stop playing it. We all went potty about Dylan. John Lennon parismusicthree I started being me about the songs, not writing objectively, but subjectively. I think it was Dylan who helped me realize that - not by any discussion or anything, but by hearing his work. John Lennon musicwritingsong If I had the capabilities of being something other than I am, I would. It's no fun being an artist. You know what it's like, writing, it's torture. John Lennon musicwritingfun We had one thing in common - we were in love. But love is just a gift, and it doesn't answer everything and it's like a precious plant that you have to nurture and look after and all that. John Lennon lovepeacelooks Nobody Told Me There'd Be Days Like These. John Lennon investing I used to be cruel to my woman, and physically - any woman. I was a hitter. I couldn't express myself and I hit. I fought men and I hit women. That is why I am always on about peace, you see. It is the most violent people who go for love and peace. Everything's the opposite. But I sincerely believe in love and peace. I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence. I will have to be a lot older before I can face in public how I treated women as a youngster. John Lennon regretlovepeace Why don't people believe us when we say we're simply in love? John Lennon lovepeacebelieve The whole Beatle thing was just beyond comprehension. When 'Help' came out, I was actually crying out for help. Most people think it's just a fast rock 'n roll song. I didn't realize it at the time; I just wrote the song because I was commissioned to write it for the movie. But later, I knew I really was crying out for help. John Lennon musicwritingsong I could still be forgotten when I'm dead. I don't really care what happens when I'm dead. John Lennon carestillsforgotten Nobody's ever tried the peace thing, ... We are selling it like soap. John Lennon soaplovepeace If somebody gives me a joint, I might smoke it, but I don't go after it. John Lennon jointsmightgiving People like me are aware of their so-called genius at ten, eight, nine. John Lennon being-differenteightpeople
