Love is the flower you've got to let grow.

About John Lennon

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John Winston Ono Lennon (born John Winston Lennon; 9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician, songwriter and activist. He gained global fame as the founder of the Beatles, in which he was the co-lead vocalist and played rhythm guitar, later adopting lead and bass guitar, keyboards...

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Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep. It's always in the middle of the bloody night, or when you're half awake or tired, when your critical faculties are switched off. So letting go is what the whole game is.

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Would those of you in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry.

If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives.… I am liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it.

I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence.

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