Happy Birthday: John Lennon (1940–1980)

Born: October 9, 1940 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: December 8, 1980 (age 40) in New York City, New York, USA

Married to:
Yoko Ono (20 March 1969 – 8 December 1980) (his death) (1 child)
Cynthia Lennon (23 August 1962 – 8 November 1968) (divorced) (1 child)

When real music comes to me – the music of the spheres, the music that surpasseth understanding – that has nothing to do with me, ’cause I’m just the channel. The only joy for me is for it to be given to me, and to transcribe it like a medium…those moments are what I live for.
Will all the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? All the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry. [At Royal Variety Performance 4th November 1963]

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

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.

Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.

We’re all Christ and we’re all Hitler. We are trying to make Christ’s message contemporary. We want Christ to win. What would he have done if he had advertisements, T.V., records, films and newspapers? The miracle today is communication. So Let’s use it.