Letter to Queen Elizabeth II sent in 1969 with his MBE, explaining why he was returning it. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-37787297
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A Spaniard in the Works
"A Spaniard In The Works" from A Spaniard In The Works (1965); this has sometimes been misquoted as if Lennon were speaking specifically about Jesus Christ, when in fact, it is part of the odd narration of an odd story with elements of satire, about a Spanish groom named "Jesus El Pifico".
"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" (1967)
Lyrics
Zdroj: The Beatles Anthology (2000), p. 300
“It makes rock concerts look like tea parties.”
Commenting on American Football, in interview with Howard Cosell on ABC Television (December 1974)
“For the benefit of Mr. Kite
there will be a show tonight on trampoline.”
"Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!" (1967)
Lyrics
“You have to be! (Laughs) You might get shot!”
Responding to a reporter question during The Beatles Australian tour of if they were aware of everything going on around them. http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=5x5UUQM2Qy4
Quoted as a 1968 statement of Lennon's in Sunday Tasmanian (29 September 1996), and in The Rough Guide to the Beatles (2003) by Chris Ingham, p. 271, this actually derives from a statement which Lennon perhaps had been quoting:
Were art to redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the seriousness of life and restoring him to an unexpected boyishness.
José Ortega y Gasset, in "Art a Thing of No Consequence" in The Dehumanization of Art (1925)
Misattributed
Zdroj: The Beatles Anthology (2000), p. 301
“They hate you if you're clever, and they despise a fool.”
"Working Class Hero"
Lyrics, John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
“I've sold my soul to the devil.”
On the commercial success of the Beatles, as quoted in Lennon (1985) by Ray Coleman
Playboy interview (1980)
On whether he's under Yoko's spell, under her control
Playboy interview (1980)
Pop Chronicles: Show 27 - The British Are Coming! The British Are Coming!: The U.S.A. is invaded by a wave of long-haired English rockers. Part 1 https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19782/m1/#track/4, 24 August 1964 http://www.jpgr.co.uk/pro202.html.
Playboy interview (1980)
Rolling Stone interview (1980)
Interview on Scene And Heard by David Wigg (25 October 1971)