John Lennon

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

  • John Lennon song of the day

    God Save Oz

    John Lennon Anthology cover artworkWritten and recorded in support of the defence fund during Oz magazine's obscenity trial, 'God Save Oz' was recorded by Lennon and the Elastic Oz Band, and released as a single in July 1971.
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  • John Lennon songs guide

    Detail from John Lennon's Shaved Fish album artwork
  • John Lennon videos

    JOHN LENNON - MIND GAMES - THE MEDITATION MIXES.

  • Album of the day

    Imagine (1971)

    Imagine album coverJohn Lennon's second solo album was his greatest commercial success. On Imagine he tempered some of the more abrasive and confrontational elements of its predecessor, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band, offering instead a more conventional pop collection that contains some of his best-loved songs.
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  • Did you know?

    John Lennon formed the Quarry Men skiffle group in 1957 with friends from his school, Quarry Bank Grammar.

  • John Lennon albums guide

    John Lennon album covers montage
  • John Lennon and the number nine

    Label of John Lennon's #9 Dream single
  • John Lennon biography

    John Lennon and Stuart Sutcliffe in Hamburg, 1960
  • He said he said…

    "Often the backing I think of early on never comes off. With Tomorrow Never Knows I'd imagined in my head that in the background you would hear thousands of monks chanting, that was impractical of course, and we did something different. I should have tried to get near my original idea, the monks singing, I realize now that was what I wanted." - John Lennon

  • John Lennon discography

    John Lennon album covers
  • John Lennon photo gallery

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