Thursday 9th October 2014 by Alexandra Pollard | Photos by WENN

Happy Birthday John Lennon: His 8 greatest quotes

The Beatles icon would have been 74 today

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

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

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

"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."

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

"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."

"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."�

(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."

Tags: The Beatles

Today (9 October) would have been John Lennon's 74th birthday. Not only did Lennon comprise one quarter of The Beatles, and follow that up with a billiant solo discography that was cut tragically short, he was also a relentless campaigner for peace.

Though his song lyrics are still quoted ubiquitously over two decades after his death, some of the most resonant things Lennon said came outside of his music. To celebrate the life of one of the most important figures in music, we've put together 8 of Lennon's greatest quotes.

Happy Birthday John Lennon: His 8 greatest quotes

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