"Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
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
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
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 live as one"
-John Lennon...
"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."
"There are places I remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever, not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places had their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I've loved them all"
"I believe in God, but not as one thing, not as an old man in the sky. I believe that what people call God is something in all of us. I believe that what Jesus and Mohammed and Buddha and all the rest said was right. It's just that the translations have gone wrong."
"All we are saying is give peace a chance."
"Look at me
Who am I supposed to be?
Who am I supposed to be?
Look at me
What am I supposed to be?
What am I supposed to be?
Look at me
Oh my love, oh my love"
"All you need is love."
"Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity."
"Bless you wherever you are,
Windswept child on a shooting star,
Restless Spirits depart,
Still we're deep in each other's hearts."
"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality."
"Let me take you down,
Cos I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real
And nothing to get hungabout.
Strawberry Fields forever.
Living is easy with eyes closed
Misunderstanding all you see.
It's getting hard to be someone.
But it all works out,
It doesn't matter much to me."
"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."
"Our life together is so precious together
We have grown, we have grown
Although our love is still special
Let's take a chance and fly away somewhere alone"
"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted."
"You can shine your shoes and wear a suit
You can comb your hair and look quite cute
You can hide your face behind a smile
One thing you can't hide
Is when you're crippled inside."
"We've got this gift of love, but love is like a precious plant. You can't just accept it and leave it in the cupboard or just think it's going to get on by itself. You've got to keep watering it. You've got to really look after it and nurture it."
"So long ago. Was it in a dream, was it just a dream?"
"Yeah we all shine on, like the moon, and the stars, and the sun."
"God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain
I'll say it again
God is a concept
By which we measure
Our pain"
"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality."
"I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast"
"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."
"I'm sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocritics
All I want is the truth
Just gimme some truth"
"Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans."
"Instant karma's gonna get you
Gonna knock you right on the head
You better get yourself together
Pretty soon you're gonna be dead"
"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."
"If you want to be a hero well just follow me"
"Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. I think we're being run by maniacs for maniacal ends and I think I'm liable to be put away as insane for expressing that. That's what's insane about it."
"I am he, as you are he, as you are me and we are all together"
"I was dreaming of the past
And my heart was beating fast
I began to lose control
I began to lose control"
"You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth."
"Love is real, real is love"
"You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!"
"Mama don't go
Daddy come home"
"There's nothing you can know that isn't known."
"Half of what I say is meaningless
But I say it just to reach you, Julia"
"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."
"All you need is love. Love is all you need."
