Friday 9th October 2015 by Andrew Trendell | Photos by Press / WENN

Happy Birthday John Lennon: His greatest quotes

To quote his friend McCartney - 'speaking words of wisdom'

(In a radio interview on the day of his death): "I've always considered my work one piece, and I consider that my work won't be finished until I am dead and buried... and I hope that's a long, long time."

"Part of our policy is not to be taken seriously, because I think our opposition, whoever they may be, in all their manifest forms, don't know how to handle humour."�

"Christianity will go.. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first - rock and roll or Christianity. Jesus was alright, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me."

"We're trying to sell peace, like a product, you know, and sell it like people sell soap or soft drinks."

"People keep talking about [The Beatles split] like it's the end of the earth. It's only a rock group that split up, it's nothing important."

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality."

"Part of me suspects that I'm a loser and the other part of me thinks I'm God Almighty."

"Music is everybody's possession. It's only publishers who think that people own it."

Tags: The Beatles

9 October, 2015: Today should have been John Lennon's 75th birthday - a landmark year for a landmark artist. His murder not only robbed the world of undoubtedly scores more game-changing songs, but also a fountain of wisdom.

An advocate for peace and change, the ethos of Lennon in his later life is one that will ring throughout the ages. We'll never have another man quite like him.

With this in mind and to celebrate his birthday, here are 8 of John Lennon's greatest quotes.

Happy Birthday John Lennon: His greatest quotes

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