John Lennon. Peace. Happy Birthday.

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

“I believe in everything until it's disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons. It all exists, even if it's in your mind. Who's to say that dreams and nightmares aren't as real as the here and now?”

“Everything is clearer when you're in love.”

“You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are!”

“I'm not going to change the way I look or the way I feel to conform to anything. I've always been a freak. So I've been a freak all my life and I have to live with that, you know. I'm one of those people.”

“Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted.”

“You are all geniuses, and you are all beautiful. You don't need anyone to tell you who you are. You are what you are. Get out there and get peace, think peace, live peace, and breathe peace, and you'll get it as soon as you like.”

“I'm not going to sacrifice love, real love, for any f*ck!n' sl*t or any friend, or any business, because in the end you're alone at night.”

“If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that's his problem. Love and peace are eternal.”

“If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.”

“The basic thing nobody asks is why do people take drugs of any sort? Why do we have these accessories to normal living to live? I mean, is there something wrong with society that's making us so pressurized, that we cannot live without guarding ourselves against it?”

“It's fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that--it's all illusion. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown and it's plain sailing. Everything is unknown--then you're ahead of the game. That's what it is. Right?”

“Song writing is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed. You try to go to sleep, but the song won't let you. So you have to get up and make it into something, and then you're allowed to sleep.”

[Hobgoblin]

dangit lesliewest!

i cant give you rep grr

hob

[LeslieWest_GuitarGod]

One of my favorite John Lennon songs.

Working Class Hero

"They hate you if you're clever, and they despise a fool"


"A working class hero is something to be"


"Keep you doped with religion, and sex, and TV, and you think you're so clever, and classless, and free, but you're still f*ck!n' peasants as far as I can see"


"A working class hero is something to be"


"There is room at the top, they are tellin' you still, but first you must learn how to smile as you kill"


"A working class hero is something to be"

[Tom318]

“It's fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that--it's all illusion. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown and it's plain sailing. Everything is unknown--then you're ahead of the game. That's what it is. Right?”

Right. To paraphrase this, peace is an illusion. Hello, we play a game in which we kill creatures who don't think as we do, and then take their stuff

[Grecan]

Here's two "Happy Birthday" songs from The Beatles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lh525NYjzY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glNjsOHiBYs


And just two of the many great songs by John Lennon (live):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q0Eyw3l3XM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D096OpWiO7A


*lost for words*


(+rep to Leslie)