Quotes from John Lennon

A very Merry Christmas And a happy New Year Let's hope it's a good one Without any fear.

The thing the sixties did was to show us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.

I would like to say thank you on behalf of the group and ourselves and I hope we've passed the audition.

That's part of our policy, is not to be taken seriously because I think our opposition, whoever they may be in all their manifest forms, don't know how to handle humour.

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.

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.

Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end.

You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!

A mistake is only an error, it becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends

The sun is up, the sky is blue It's beautiful, and so are you.

Before Elvis there was nothing.

You may say i'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one

Trying to please everybody is impossible - if you did that, you'd end up in the middle with nobody liking you. You've just got to make the decision about what you think is your best, and do it.

You won't get anything unless you have the vision to imagine it.

Make your own dream .I can't wake you up. You can wake you up. I can't cure you. You can cure you.

When I was about twelve I used to think I must be a genius, but nobody's noticed. If there is such a thing as a genius, I am one, and if there isn't I don't care.

if everyone could just be happy with themselves and the choices people around them make, the world would instantly be a better place!

My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn't know how to cry. Simple.

Only by trying on other people's clothes do we find what size we are.

I mean People come up and ask for autographs or say hi but they wont bug you.

I don't want to be king, I want to be real.

They'll never be able to forget us.

One thing I can tell you is you have to be free. Come together, right now, over me.