I wonder why men get serious at all. They have this delicate, long thing hanging outside their bodies which goes up and down by its own will. If I were a man I would always...

they always cover Paul’s songs and never mine.

When you go to war, both sides lose totally.

Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.

Every drop in the ocean counts.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

No Rodgers and Hammerstein on Broadway now. Only Juke Box.

No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles.

(When) I read about the battle of the widows, I thought ‘I’m not John’s widow, Yoko is John’s widow,

I’d like to know how I feel towards her now. I’d really like to have a decent conversation to get to know this woman who has changed the face of musical history in many ways.

So many people have approached me and said, ‘Can I do a musical of John,’ … It’s a very simple idea, you know – wow, a musical of John! But I’ve said no. This time,...

Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl’s best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man

Healing yourself is connected with healing others.

We’re all water from different rivers,That’s why it’s so easy to meet,We’re all water in this vast, vast ocean,Someday we’ll evaporate together.

I believe in people so much that if the whole of civilization is burned so we don’t have any memory of it, even then people will start to build their own art. It is a...

People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.

[Confronted for the first time by the sight of her husband and his lover,] rooted to the spot in shock and pain … John said, indifferently: ‘No, thanks.’

Let’s just say I don’t know if she has my number.

Everybody’s an artist. Everybody’s God. It’s just that they’re inhibited.

I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music – that makes it exciting.

Art is my life and my life is art.

War is over if you want it.

The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.

People always portrayed us as enemies, like two boxers on opposite sides of the ring, but of course it was never really like that,

Why do they cover Paul’s songs but never mine?

New technology is something he always embraced, and this is something he would have loved.

I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.

Imagine a dolphin dancing in the sky. Let it dance with joy. Think of yourself at the bottom of the ocean watching.

I will consider the possibility, that is, when I get the call.

The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.

Spread the word. Spread the peace.

If we had a big Apple Records lawyers meeting or something, and we were sitting there and John was bored to death, he would start to (draw). The lawyers would later say.

I hope the press will keep their respectful distance and give Olivia and Dhani the space they need now. George has given so much to us in his lifetime and continues to do so even...

I’m a very obsessive type. If I do get into it, I’ll soon be there 12 hours a day. I just don’t want to do that.

Tape the sound of the moon fading at dawn. Give it to your mother to listen to when she’s in sorrow.

Lennon would enjoy musical

The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.

I said, ‘You’re a good songwriter, it’s not June with Spoon that you write.

He was very generous about it. I just wonder where those drawings went.

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don’t want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.

I’m not going to doubt my life.

You may think I’m small, but I have a universe inside my mind.

It’s not as though you’re an old school friend of mine, Cynthia.

True artists are prophets. I don’t want to be that prophetic in that sense because it’s so lonely.

When people get cynical about love, they should look at us [Yoko and John Lennon] and see it is possible

Then he started to do it, and I’m very glad I said that.

How could he be a friend when he was indicted for grand larceny and took so many things from us?

If your life changes, we can change the world, too.

Imagine the clouds drippingDig a hole in your garden to put them in

You killed my man, you bastard!