# John Lennon

John Lennon (né le 9 octobre 1940 à Liverpool - assassiné le 8 décembre 1980 à New York) était un musicien britannique, auteur, compositeur, chanteur, guitariste, qui fut fondateur et membre du groupe The Beatles de 1960 à 1970 avant de mener jusqu'à son assassinat par un déséquilibré à New York en 1980, une carrière solo ponctuée par des chansons qui ont fait le tour du monde.

## Citations

* (en) On the next number, would those in the cheaper seats clap your hands ? All the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry!
* Déclaration faite en annonce du titre Twist and Shout lors de la prestation des Beatles au «Royal Variety Performance» le 4 novembre 1963 au théâtre «Prince of Wales» de Londres devant la Reine Elisabeth, la Reine Mère, et la Princesse Margaret.
* John Lennon, 4 novembre 1963, à Londres, Prince of Wales Theater, dans Anthology DVD, paru en 2003, The Beatles.
* (en) Nothing really affected me until I heard Elvis. If there hadn't been an Elvis, there wouldn't have been the Beatles
* Déclaration faite après la rencontre des Beatles avec Elvis Presley en 1965
* The Beatles: The Authorized Biography, John Lennon, cité par Hunter Davies (trad. Wikiquote), éd. Heinemann, 1968 (ISBN 0434176044), p. 19
* (en) Everybody seems to think I'm lazy/I don't mind, I think they're crazy/Running everywhere at such a speed/Till they find there's no need (there's no need). Please, don't spoil my day, I'm miles away/And after all I'm only sleeping. Keeping an eye on the world going by my window/Taking my time. Lying there and staring at the ceiling/Waiting for a sleepy feeling
* I'm Only Sleeping, John Lennon/Paul McCartney (trad. Wikiquote), The Beatles, album Revolver (1966 chez Parlophone).
* (en) 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.
* Propos recueillis par la journaliste britannique Maureen Cleave pour le périodique Evening Standard dans son édition du 4 mars 1966
* John Lennon, mars 1966, à Londres, dans The Evening Standard, paru le 4 mars 1966, Maureen Cleave.
* (en) I suppose if I had said television was more popular than Jesus, I would have gotten away with it. I'm sorry I opened my mouth. I'm not anti-God, anti-Christ, or anti-religion. I wasn't knocking it or putting it down. I was just saying it as a fact and it's true more for England than here. I'm not saying that we're better or greater, or comparing us with Jesus Christ as a person or God as a thing or whatever it is. I just said what I said and it was wrong. Or it was taken wrong. And now it's all this.
* Conférence de presse à Chicago, le 11 août 1966 en réponse et en excuses aux réactions outrées et violentes à travers les États-Unis suite à l’interview de l’Evening Standard.
* John Lennon, 11 août 1966, à Chicago, dans Anthology DVD, paru en 2003, The Beatles.
* (en) When it gets down to having to use violence, then you are playing the system’s game. The establishment will irritate you – pull your beard, flick your face – to make you fight. Because once they’ve got you violent, then they know how to handle you. The only thing they don’t know how to handle is non-violence and humor.
* Pendant le Bed-In for Peace de Montréal
* John Lennon, 1er Juin 1969, à Montréal, dans une interview au Bed-In for Peace de Montréal.
* (en) Imagine there's no heaven / It's easy if you try / No hell below us / Above us only sky / Imagine all the peopleLiving 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... Imagine no possessions / I wonder if you can/No need for greed or hunger / In 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 some day you'll join us / And the world will be as one
* Imagine, John Lennon (trad. Wikiquote), John Lennon, album Imagine (1971 chez Apple).
* (en) There are places I'll 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.
* In My Life, John Lennon (crédité Lennon/McCartney), The Beatles (1965 chez Parlophone).
* (en) God is a concept / By which we can measure / Our pain
* God, John Lennon, John Lennon, album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970 chez Apple/EMI).
* (en) The dream is over / What can I say ?
* God, John Lennon, John Lennon, album John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970 chez Apple/EMI).
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