"Possession isn't nine-tenths the law, its nine-tenths the problem."-John Lennon
"I always was a rebel... but on the other hand, I wanted to be loved and accepted... and not just be a loudmouth, lunatic, poet, musician. But I can not be what I am not."-John Lennon
"Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans."-John Lennon
"Am I crazy or am I a genious? I don't think I'm either."-John Lennon
"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."-John Lennon
"My defenses were so great. The cocky rock and roll hero who knows all the answers was actually a terrified guy who didn't know how to cry. Simple."-John Lennon
"If everyone would demand peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace."-John Lennon
"If being an egomaniac means I believe in what I do and in my art or my music, then in that respect you can call me that... I believe in what I do, and I'll say it."-John Lennon
"Living is easy with your eyes closed..."-John Lennon
"Nothing will stop me, and whether I'm here or where ever I may be, I'll say what I feel."-John Lennon
"I don't intend to be a performing a flea anymore. I was the dreamweaver, but although I'll be around I don't intend to be running at twenty-thousand miles an hour trying to prove myself. I don't want to die at forty."-John Lennon
John Winston Lennon died at the age of Forty. He was was shot four times in front of the Dakota (where he lived) on the eighth day of December, 1980. He was survived by his sons Julian and Sean, and wife Yoko. He was announced dead at 10:50 p.m.