John LennonThinkers

The 1960s is responsible for showing us the possibilities and the responsibility that we all had. It wasn't the answer. It just gave us a glimpse of the possibility.

Art is an artist until he's told he's not an artist.

The Blues is a chair for sitting on, not the idea of a chair.

The Blues is the chair upon which all American music sits.

David Bowie is Rock & Roll with lipstick on.

Death is switching channels on TV.

Drugs is self-destructive — it's amazing how low one goes to get high.

Folk music is mostly people with fruity voices trying to keep alive something old and dead.

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

Life is what happens while you are making other plans.

Los Angeles is a big parking lot where you buy a hamburger for the trip to san francisco.