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" I am not John Lennon; I never will be! "
Julian Lennon
John Lennon
Am
I Am
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" I had always thought of starting my own record company. I haven't regretted the decision - yet! "
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" I don't meditate in any formal way, but I often lie in bed or find myself in nature and enter into that state of quiet where I get images, feelings, or melodies. "
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" He was like a real dad, you know. We used to sit down with guitars and mess around. "
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" I'm not one for flings, I can tell you that. "
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" I love to sit on a mountain top and gaze. I don't think of anything but the people I care about and the view. "
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" I find it upsetting to see the erosion of manners. It's very scary. Where are the 'pleases' and 'thank yous?' "
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" I live in a small apartment in London, not some big house with a lot of security. I don't like too much security. There's no freedom. I'm a person, not some precious diamond that needs guarding every second. "
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" My dad's music was a great inspiration to me. "
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" He wasn't a great father. He was a great musician. That's always been a touchy one, and it will be until I can find the answer, but I don't know if there is one. "
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" I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and... I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues. "
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" I'm one of those people who snake through the crowd, keep my head low. I'm not looking for attention. "
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" A lot of people think that I grew up in recording studios and knew the whole process, but that was never the case. "
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" People are generally badly advised when they're starting out in the creative field. "
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" On the one hand, I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum, who has kept me grounded, but on the other, the wild experiences through my dad. "
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" Dad could talk about peace and love out loud to the world, but he could never show it to the people who supposedly meant the most to him: his wife and son. How can you talk about peace and love and have a family in bits and pieces - no communication, adultery, divorce? You can't do it, not if you're being true and honest with yourself. "
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" Music's been with me from the get-go. It was always around me as a kid. Dad got me my first guitar when I was 11 and, at school, if you wanted to be cool you had to be in a band. "
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" I've done every kind of touring known to mankind. I've played the big and the small places. "
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" I can't stay mad very long. I get grumpy when I read a bad review. I say, 'How could he say that about my music?' Then I forget about it. If I got mad every time somebody wrote something negative about me, I'd be exploding all the time. I'd be burned out just from reading reviews. "
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