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" I don't know which will go first - rock 'n' roll or Christianity. "
John Lennon
Rock
Roll
Will
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" 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. "
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" We were all on this ship in the sixties, our generation, a ship going to discover the New World. And the Beatles were in the crow's nest of that ship. "
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" If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it. "
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" Lots of people who complained about us receiving the MBE received theirs for heroism in the war - for killing people. We received ours for entertaining other people. I'd say we deserve ours more. "
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" I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people. "
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Life
" Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun. "
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" As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot. "
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Behind
Idiot
" All you need is love. "
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Love
Need
" You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are! "
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Who
Tell
" Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. "
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You
Busy
Happens
" He didn't come out of my belly, but my God, I've made his bones, because I've attended to every meal, and how he sleeps, and the fact that he swims like a fish because I took him to the ocean. I'm so proud of all those things. But he is my biggest pride. "
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Fish
Proud
Pride
" Everybody loves you when you're six foot in the ground. "
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Ground
Six
You
" Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. "
John Lennon
Lot
Reality
Leaves
" The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it? "
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Society
Live
Living
" The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction. "
John Lennon
Honor
Few
Escape
" All we are saying is give peace a chance. "
John Lennon
Chance
Saying
Peace
" Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. "
John Lennon
Married
Hip
Important
" The postman wants an autograph. The cab driver wants a picture. The waitress wants a handshake. Everyone wants a piece of you. "
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Everyone
Piece
You
" Love is the flower you've got to let grow. "
John Lennon
Love Is
Got
Grow
" Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty. "
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God
Loser
Almighty
" Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. "
John Lennon
People
Only
Think
" The more I see the less I know for sure. "
John Lennon
Less
See
More
" Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one. "
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You
Peace
Life
" You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate. "
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Down
Time
" These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again. "
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Illusions
Worship
" If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it 'Chuck Berry'. "
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Name
Tried
Rock And Roll
" I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now? "
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Dreams
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" Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me. "
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Ordinary
Right
Ruins
" Surrealism had a great effect on me because then I realised that the imagery in my mind wasn't insanity. Surrealism to me is reality. "
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