Lennon Quotes - Page 2

• 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 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• The thing you must remember is that I'm the Number One John Lennon fan. I love him to this day and I always did love him

  Paul McCartney

  I Love Him, Numbers, Fans

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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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• 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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• 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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• It’s hard to deny that an alarming number of those who stood for peace, not war, were either killed by deranged lone gunmen or else died in suspicious circumstances. We refer of course to the likes of JFK, Martin Luther King, Benazir Bhutto, Bobby Kennedy and John Lennon, to name but a few.

  James Morcan

  Kings, War, Names

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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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• 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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• 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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• John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent.

  Brenda Lee

  Intelligent, Irreverent

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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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• John Lennon and Ringo Starr liked my songs. I used to write songs and they heard me sing songs on stage in London.

  Ben Kingsley

  Song, Writing, London

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• After the shooting of John Lennon and the early death of so many great stars and the utter naked venal mercantile marketing of pop music and rock music, I don't think anyone really believes that music is anything more than another commodity.

  Stephen Fry

  Stars, Believe, Thinking

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. September 22, 2004.

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• The loss of Jerry Garcia feels like the end of an era in the same way it felt when Elvis died and John Lennon was killed.

  Lyle Lovett

  Loss, Way, Eras

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• Empires, essentially, create order. In their absence, you don't end up with lots of happy, little nation-states full of people sitting around campfires singing John Lennon's "Imagine." What you end up with is civil war, anarchy.

  Niall Ferguson

  War, Order, People

  "Imperial Denial". Interview with Nonna Gorilovkskaya, www.motherjones.com. May 21, 2004.

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• You know the John Lennon song 'Imagine'? 'Imagine no possessions, no religion'? That's what it was like in Cambodia. The only thing people had was a spoon, for eating the daily pourridge. And that pourridge was grossly insufficient for the work they were made to do in the fields.

  Sophal Ear

  Song, People, Spoons

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