John Lennon

"Everything is as important as everything else."

"I wouldnt say I was a born writer; Im a born thinker."

"All kids draw and write poetry and everything, and some of us last until were about eighteen, but most drop off at about twelve when some guy comes up and says, "Youre no good." Thats all we get told all our lives. "You havent got the ability. Youre a cobbler." It happened to all of us, but if somebody had told me all my life, "Yeah, youre a great artist," I would have been a more secure person."

"I dont mind people putting us down, because if everybody really liked us, it would be a bore. Youve got to have people putting you down. It doesnt give any edge to it if everybody just falls flat on their face saying, "Youre great." We enjoy some of the criticisms as well, theyre quite funny; some of the clever criticisms, not the ones that dont know anything, but some of the clever ones are quite fun."

"Happiness is just how you feel when you dont feel miserable."

"Dont believe that jazz about theres nothing you can do, "turn on and drop out, man" — because youve got to turn on and drop in, or theyre going to drop all over you."

"I think a label like "avant-garde" defeats itself. You learn to have avant-garde exhibitions. The very fact that avant-garde can have an exhibition defeats the purpose of avant-garde, because its already formalised and ritualised."

"Above all else never let people know how physically unattractive they actually are. Everyone deserves to believe they are beautiful."

"We all been playing those mind games forever Some kinda druid dudes lifting the veil. Doing the mind guerrilla, Some call it magic — the search for the grail."

"So keep on playing those mind games together Doing the ritual dance in the sun... Putting their soul power to the karmic wheel."

"Was it a millionaire who said "Imagine no possessions"?"

"Well, thats rubbish, you know. Nobody controls me. Im uncontrollable. The only one who controls me is me, and thats just barely possible."