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John Lennon Rock musician

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: United Kingdom
  • Born: Oct 9, 1940
  • Died: Dec 8, 1980

John Ono Lennon, MBE, born John Winston Lennon;, was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder member of the rock band the Beatles, the most commercially successful band in the history of popular music. With Paul McCartney, he formed a songwriting partnership that is one of the most celebrated of the 20th century.

Born and raised in Liverpool, as a teenager Lennon became involved in the skiffle craze; his first band, the Quarrymen, evolved into the Beatles in 1960. When the group disbanded in 1970, Lennon embarked on a solo career that produced the critically acclaimed albums John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band and Imagine, and iconic songs such as "Give Peace a Chance" and "Working Class Hero". After his marriage to Yoko Ono in 1969, he changed his name to John Ono Lennon. Lennon disengaged himself from the music business in 1975 to raise his infant son Sean, but re-emerged with Ono in 1980 with the new album Double Fantasy. He was murdered three weeks after its release.

Lennon revealed a rebellious nature and acerbic wit in his music, writing, drawings, on film and in interviews.

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. great

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans. life

All you need is love. love

Love is the answer, and you know that for sure Love is a flower, you've got to let it grow. love

All we are saying is give peace a chance. peace

Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it. music

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot. great & women

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

And God help Bruce Springsteen when they decide he's no longer God... They'll turn on him, and I hope he survives it. God & hope

Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something. love & peace

You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die. peace

Reality leaves a lot to the imagination. imagination

Everything is clearer when you're in love. love

God is a concept by which we measure our pain. God

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

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

Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted. time