You make your own dream. That’s the Beatles’ story, isn’t it? That’s Yoko’s story. That’s what I’m saying now. Produce your own dream. If you want to save Peru, go save Peru. It’s quite possible to do anything, but not to put it on the leaders and the parking meters. Don’t expect Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan or John Lennon or Yoko Ono or Bob Dylan or Jesus Christ to come and do it for you. You have to do it yourself.
John Lennon

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    JOHN LENNON. GIMME SOME TRUTH. FOUR LP BOX SET

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    John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe in Hamburg, 1960

  • He said he said…

    "The day the fans desert us is the day I'll be wondering how to pay for my whiskey and Cokes." - John Lennon

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    John Lennon album covers montage

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    Watching The Wheels

    Watching The Wheels cover artworkThe final single to be released from Double Fantasy was written by John Lennon about his househusband years away from the music industry. Read more »

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    John Lennon album covers

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    John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band

    John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band album coverWith confrontation of various demons, a demolition of The Beatles' legend, and at times a painfully honest account of a troubled man struggling to deal with a reality he couldn't change, John Lennon's first solo album saw him strip away layers of defence and artifice, leaving his most raw, direct and heartfelt collection of songs. Read more »

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    Detail from John Lennon's Shaved Fish album artwork

  • Did you know?

    John Lennon and Paul McCartney met for the first time on 6 July 1957 at Woolton Parish Church fete.

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    John Lennon performs Instant Karma! on Top Of The Pops with Plastic Ono Band, 11 February 1970

  • John Lennon and the number nine

    Label of John Lennon's #9 Dream single