This website has a list of many popular and/or famous quotes by John Lennon. These quotes help to give and indepth understanding into John Lennon's character and personality. Here are some of his famous quotes I found:
"My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all." - John Lennon
"It is for others to judge. I am doing it. I do. I don't stand back and judge -- I do." - John Lennon
"You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate." - John Lennon
"But nobody's perfect, etc., etc. Whether it's Janov or Erhardt or Maharishi or a Beatle. That doesn't take away from their message. It's like learning how to swim. The swimming is fine. But forget about the teacher. If the Beatles had a message, it was that. With the Beatles, the records are the point, not the Beatles as individuals. You don't need the package, just as you don't need the Christian package or the Marxist package to get the message. People always got the image I was an anti-Christ or antireligion. I'm not. I'm a most religious fellow. I was brought up a Christian and I only now understand some of the things that Christ was saying in those parables. Because people got hooked on the teacher and missed the message. All this bit about electing a President. We pick our own daddy out of a dog pound of daddies." - John Lennon
"Possession isn't nine-tenths of the law. It's nine-tenths of the problem." - John Lennon
"If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace." - John Lennon
These quotes are insightful, and really help me feel the character of John Lennon. These quotes are apart of what makes John Lennon so famous. These quotes are apart of what makes John Lennon.
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Third Annotation
"Lennon Quotes, Quotes and quotations by John Lennon." John Lennon Dreamsite. 2000. Thou Art. 23 Oct 2008 .
Monday, October 20, 2008
Second Annotation Information
Though this document is on the same website as the one I posted before, it is a different document on the site
This document is a timeline of John Lennon's life. The whole timeline dates important times in his life, briefly. His birth, his childhood, his first gigs, him being with the beatles, going solo, Cynthia, Yoko Ono, his children, his books, some of his famous songs and albums, and his death. It also has some important dates on it that are postmortoum. Brief, chronological, good evidence to me.
Ian
This document is a timeline of John Lennon's life. The whole timeline dates important times in his life, briefly. His birth, his childhood, his first gigs, him being with the beatles, going solo, Cynthia, Yoko Ono, his children, his books, some of his famous songs and albums, and his death. It also has some important dates on it that are postmortoum. Brief, chronological, good evidence to me.
Ian
Second Annotation
"John Lennon - History." John Lennon - The Official Site. June 25, 2008. 20 Oct 2008 .
Sunday, October 19, 2008
John Lennon - Individual in History
DeCurtis, Anthony Biography. Retrieved October 19, 2008, from John Lennon - The Official Site Web site: http://www.johnlennon.com/html/biography.aspx
This article is a biography of John Lennon on his official website. Written by Anthony DeCurtis, it is a well revised vision into the life and times of the famous beatle and musician, John Lennon.
John Lennon came into this wrold on October 9, 1940. The Article mainly speaks of his writings and albums, as opposed to his actually life entirely, except in the beginning when the article speaks of his life growing up in Liverpool, and his neglectful and absent parents, and his life with his Aunt and Uncle. It mentions a few other important parts in his life, like him leaving his first wife, Cynthia, and son. However, the main focus of this article biography is on JOhn Lennon's wroks and writings. Then, of course, it mentions his death on that tragic late night on December 8, 1980.
This article is a biography of John Lennon on his official website. Written by Anthony DeCurtis, it is a well revised vision into the life and times of the famous beatle and musician, John Lennon.
John Lennon came into this wrold on October 9, 1940. The Article mainly speaks of his writings and albums, as opposed to his actually life entirely, except in the beginning when the article speaks of his life growing up in Liverpool, and his neglectful and absent parents, and his life with his Aunt and Uncle. It mentions a few other important parts in his life, like him leaving his first wife, Cynthia, and son. However, the main focus of this article biography is on JOhn Lennon's wroks and writings. Then, of course, it mentions his death on that tragic late night on December 8, 1980.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Individual in History
For my NHD project, Individuals in History, I picked John Lennon.
John Lennon may seem a bit offbeat, but John Lennon made as much a difference as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. John Lennon formed his philosophical ideals because of his three predecessors.
He grew up and played music during a cultural revolution. The entire west coast was leaving its sheltered War World II nuclear family ideals and moving toward a new future. During the 60's, people were becoming more and more evident of world wide events. Radio, TV, telephones, cars, planes, etc., were increasing the speed at which information traveled. Americans in the west could know about problems in China and Russia in the east. This globalization opened people's eyes in the west, about other countries, and our own. People in America were becoming more and more socially active. In America, the countercultural/social revolution (esp. the sexual revolution) in stir. The youth were rebelling against social norms and the conservative views of the 50s, demanding more rights for women, homosexuals, and minorities. Questioning authority and criticizing government, and, the biggest form of rebellion, sex and drugs. The anti-war movement, the civil rights movement, the chicano movement, and the "new left" were major issues of the time formed by the rebellious youth.
John Lennon played an important role in this countercultural revolution, as all musicians did. Music at that time was an avenue for change. One example would be Jefferson Airplane, a band who's lyrics induced rebelliousness into the masses like a syringe into the brachial artery. John Lennon's music reverberated throughout the 60's decade. His music helped change the culture of the western world. His lyrics about peace and love were messages of hope for a changing world, and he himself symbolized this change from his birth, all the way to his tragic assassination. That is why I chose him for my NHD project.
John Lennon may seem a bit offbeat, but John Lennon made as much a difference as Henry David Thoreau, Mahatma Gandhi, and Martin Luther King Jr. John Lennon formed his philosophical ideals because of his three predecessors.
He grew up and played music during a cultural revolution. The entire west coast was leaving its sheltered War World II nuclear family ideals and moving toward a new future. During the 60's, people were becoming more and more evident of world wide events. Radio, TV, telephones, cars, planes, etc., were increasing the speed at which information traveled. Americans in the west could know about problems in China and Russia in the east. This globalization opened people's eyes in the west, about other countries, and our own. People in America were becoming more and more socially active. In America, the countercultural/social revolution (esp. the sexual revolution) in stir. The youth were rebelling against social norms and the conservative views of the 50s, demanding more rights for women, homosexuals, and minorities. Questioning authority and criticizing government, and, the biggest form of rebellion, sex and drugs. The anti-war movement, the civil rights movement, the chicano movement, and the "new left" were major issues of the time formed by the rebellious youth.
John Lennon played an important role in this countercultural revolution, as all musicians did. Music at that time was an avenue for change. One example would be Jefferson Airplane, a band who's lyrics induced rebelliousness into the masses like a syringe into the brachial artery. John Lennon's music reverberated throughout the 60's decade. His music helped change the culture of the western world. His lyrics about peace and love were messages of hope for a changing world, and he himself symbolized this change from his birth, all the way to his tragic assassination. That is why I chose him for my NHD project.
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