The Beatles Bible - Topic: The infamous "happy" quote.

mr. Sun king coming together on The infamous "happy" quote.

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:51:20 +0000

Actually, I'm not so sure. Lennon was moved to Mimi at the age of five (if I remember correctly), so the dates aren't automatically wrong. Any other proof? Because the quote sounds perfectly Lennonesque to me.

MonkeyRevolution on The infamous "happy" quote.

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 02:41:31 +0000

That's exactly why I thought it was fake. Thank you.

The Walrus on The infamous "happy" quote.

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:21:52 +0000

He didn't say it. The quote is made up, appeared on tumblr and then spread around Facebook.

For one thing, he didn't have a relationship with Julia when he was five.

MonkeyRevolution on The infamous "happy" quote.

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:22:39 +0000

You all know you quote I'm talking about, right?

"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and told them they didn't understand life."

I Googled the quote but I couldn't find a source and I was wondering, is there any proof that John Lennon actually said this?