John Lennon

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that's a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth. ”

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. ”

It was like being in the eye of a hurricane. You'd wake up in a concert and think, Wow, how did I get here? ”

Part of me suspects that I'm a loser, and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty. ”

Rituals are important. Nowadays it's hip not to be married. I'm not interested in being hip. ”

There's nothing you can know that isn't known. ”

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. ”

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. ”

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'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding. ”