Lennon Quotes - Page 2

• John Lennon at his best despised cheap sentiment and had to learn the hard way that once you've made your mark on history those who can't will be so grateful they'll turn it into a cage for you.

  Lester Bangs

  Grateful, Way, Cages

  "Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung" by Lester Bangs, edited by Greil Marcus, Random House/Vintage Books, (p. 299), 1988.

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• I met John Lennon and he was with his wife in Tokyo. I met him there.

  Bryan Ferry

  Wife, Tokyo, Mets

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• That one record changed everything for me. After Sgt. Pepper, it's the most influential record in the history of rock and roll. It affected Pink Floyd deeply, deeply, deeply. Philosophically, other albums may have been more important, like Lennon's first solo album. But sonically, the way the record's constructed, I think Music from Big Pink is fundamental to everything that happened after it.

  Roger Waters

  Thinking, Rock And Roll, Sgt Pepper

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• Yoko Ono never deserved any of the hate she got. Paul McCartney and John Lennon weren't getting along.

  Patrick Stump

  Hate, Getting Along

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• George Harrison and John Lennon were the ones most against touring ... I'd been trying to say ..Ah, tourings good and it keeps us sharp .. but finally I agreed with them

  Paul McCartney

  Music, Trying, Touring

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• John Lennon was just one of us, another human just trying to get through the day, and help make tomorrow a little better. And he was willing to put his thoughts and feelings about all that into his music, and when he had the chance to speak in interviews. He was only around for a short time, but he learned so much and was willing to give his heart and mind to all of us. What he had to say still resonates with me, with all of his fans.

  Steve Landes

  Heart, Giving, Feelings

  Source: glamorosi.blogspot.com

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• I just saw a girl who said she saw John Lennon walking down the street in New York wearing a button that said, "I love Paul.” She asked him: “Why are you wearing an 'I love Paul' button?”, and he said: “Because I love Paul.

  Harry Nilsson

  Girl, New York, Buttons

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• I think maybe what happened was the convenience of technology overshadowed the experience of holding an album in your hands, and sitting on your bedroom floor, and staring at a picture of John Lennon or Gene Simmons or Johnny Rotten. That tangible experience can sometimes become an even more emotional experience, because it's really happening.

  Dave Grohl

  Technology, Emotional, Thinking

  "Q&A: Dave Grohl on vinyl, Record Store Day". Interview with Patrick Ryan, www.usatoday.com. April 15, 2015.

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• Every time a new rock singer comes out they don't say, 'Are you the new John Lennon?' Every time a new rapper comes out, it's not, 'Are you the new Dre?' I am never sure why this sort of genre, the categorization is so strong. I have not earned the right to be called the young Sinatra, but give me time.

  Michael Buble

  Strong, Rapper, Rocks

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• My own experience of growing up as a Roman Catholic in Scotland has led me to fear independence in Scotland. The possibility of Scotland being a kind of Stormont is a real one. I wrote a book recently about Neil Lennon's year of living dangerously and in the course of it I had to revisit some of my own experiences. Of course, most Scottish people are not swivel-eyed, loyalist sectarians but there are a large number of them. A large six-figure number, and if I were living in Scotland as a Roman Catholic I would be worried about that.

  George Galloway

  Growing Up, Real, Book

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• The reality, ... is that I need to win games of football. That's where the pressure and the sleepless nights come from. There's a fantasy pressure with this job but none of that matters. I need to make this team into a good unit, need to take it forward, give it a change of pace, need to get it younger and to use the experience of the lads we've got here. I need Lennon and Sutton and people like that to go and show how you handle being a Celtic player.

  Gordon Strachan

  Football, Jobs, Team

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• I'm not like John Lennon, who thought he was the great Almighty. I just think I'm John Lennon.

  Liam Gallagher

  Thinking, Almighty

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• Working on my own vocals is something I've been avoiding. But, I'm constantly thinking of ways to be able to include my own vocals without getting embarrassed. Even John Lennon wasn't comfortable on hearing his voice.

  Hans-Peter Lindstrøm

  Thinking, Voice, Able

  Interview with Dominique Leone, pitchfork.com. September 29, 2008.

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• I was always nervous to play my father's [John Lennon's] songs.

  Sean Lennon

  Song, Father, Play

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• I dont 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 Lofgrens soloing, because hes so melodic. I love John Lennons rhythm playing, and George Harrison was an incredible guitarist.

  Johnny Marr

  Player, Mind, Keith

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• John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent.

  Brenda Lee

  Intelligent, Irreverent

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• I guess John Lennon had it right: give peace a chance.

  Chris O'Donnell

  Giving, Chance

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• John Lennon was a musical genius. All I have to do is think of some of his songs and even the titles make me feel good... and I'm not the only one. His music has crossed cultures and even generations.

  Ray Comfort

  Song, Thinking, Musical Genius

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• I'll buy myself some plastic water, I should have married Lennon's daughter.

  Ozzy Osbourne

  Daughter, Should Have, Water

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• Nothing's gonna change the world, nothing's gonna change the world. There was Lennon and a happy gun, there were words on the pavement.

  Marilyn Manson

  Gun, World, Pavement

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• I most want to be remembered for being as great a mother to James and Lennon as my mum was to me and my brother Jamie.

  Patsy Kensit

  Mother, Brother, Want

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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

  Song, Writing, White

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• The history of popular music is littered with great partnerships. Rodgers had his Hammerstein, Lennon had his McCartney, and Lloyd Webber had... his photocopier.

  Humphrey Lyttelton

  Partnership, Music Is, Popular Music

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• I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape.

  Andrew Dost

  Song, Writing, Thinking

  "'We Are Young' and Odd Souls: Chatting With Mutemath’s Darren King and fun.’s Andrew Dost". Interview with Mike Ragogna, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 26, 2011.

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• I am not John Lennon; I never will be!

  Julian Lennon

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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