John Quotes
I've never been able to write a book without one very strong character in my rucksack.
I don't think it is given to any of us to be impertinent to great religions with impunity.
Their own souls rose and cried Alarum when they heard the sudden wail Of stricken freedom and along the gale Saw her eternal banner quivering wide.
The way Will Moore taught me, and the way I play it, the blues is just something different.
Groups are corporations now. They have pension plans. Musicians have saw the daylight.
Martin Jarvis was to have played the part originally but I think I had longer hair or something, I know not.
But here I am today recording this and I'm in the studio with all the others on a clean mic. It's extraordinary, the actor's found a way of doing it for himself.
No, I'm at full height, I'm in the studio, I can actually catch actors by the eye, it's fantastic.
To me, as a musician, there aren't any boundaries genre-wise as far as what can you listen to to inspire you.
You see all these things that make you feel desperate or sad, but you realize changes can be made, and it doesn't take a lot of money on our part to make a change in people's lives.
London is a good fashion city. They're a little more daring. There's the element of the aristocracy, which is always interesting.
In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music.
I was the front man of the choir and then when I was 12 and I was the leadsinger of my highschool groups.
At Murry Bergtraum High I wanted to be as different from my father as possible. So I acted out in school, I was very anti-authority.
I see the new Latin artist as a pioneer, opening up doors for others to follow. And when they don't open, we crowbar our way in.
Pablo Escobar is one of the great stories of all time. It's a bizarre, dark version of success.
Definitely if you're an athlete, you're gonna be having all the baseball fame you can have. That's the great thing about baseball and sports. You can measure ability.
The first line (of I Am The Walrus) was written on one acid trip one weekend. The second line was written on the next acid trip the next weekend, and it was filled in after I met Yoko.
Ringo is Ringo, that's all there is to it. And he's every bloody bit as warm, unassuming, funny and kind as he seems. He was quite simply the heart of the Beatles
Newspaper people have a habit of putting you in the front pages to sell their papers, and then after they've sold their papers and got big circulations, they say, 'Look at what we've done for you
I'm cynical about society, politics, newspapers, government. But I'm not cynical about life, love, goodness, death. That's why I really don't want to be labeled a cynic.
I was the walrus, but now I am John. And so my friends, you'll just have to carry on. The dream is over.
The cross of the Legion of Honor has been conferred on me. However, few escape that distinction.
The continual awareness of what was going on made me feel ashamed I wasn't saying anything. I burst out because I could no longer play that game any more, it was just too much for me.
The only reason I am a star is because of my repression. Nothing else would have driven me through all that if I was 'normal'.
I don't believe in Elvis I don't believe in Zimmerman I don't believe in Beatles I just believe in me.
If you want to get peace, you can get it as soon as you like if we all pull together. ... Think peace, live peace, and breathe peace and you'll get it as soon as you like.
When I hold you in my arms and I feel my finger on your trigger I know no one can do me no harm because happiness is a warm gun.
I'm a moldy moldy man I'm moldy thru and thru I'm a moldy moldy man You would not think it true I'm moldy til my eyeballs I'm moldy til my toe I will not dance I shyballs I'm such a humble Joe.
In Land of Milk and Money, Anthony Barcellos mines rich family history to create a full-blooded tale that readers will find insightful, rewarding, and entertaining.