John Lennon

Rituals are important. Nowadays it’s hip not to be married. I’m not interested in being hip.

I’m not claiming divinity. I’ve never claimed purity of soul. I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can… But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

You have to be a bastard to make it, and that’s a fact. And the Beatles are the biggest bastards on earth.

If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it ‘Chuck Berry’.

Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans.

I don’t care too much for money, money can’t buy me love.

My love for the band is still there. It hasn’t changed, maybe that’s why it’s so painful these days.

Some may call it attitude, some might call it genius

Confidence is 10% work and 90% delusion.

I believe I was definitely sent down here to take people away for a little while, to make them happy.

Prostitutes in Lyons, France, sent a fax to the government to complain that they are losing business to Eastern European women who are protected by the Albanian mafia. Okay, first of all, how rough-looking are these French prostitutes that all their customers are running to the Albanians? Secondly, why did they send a fax, and from whence? Do they have a fax machine in the whorehouse, or did they all trundle down to Kinko’s – “You fax these, I’ll let you shave me.” Thirdly, how come French whores know how to work a fax machine, but every time I try to use it, I hit Powersave, or I forget to dial 9? This just proves what my boyfriend always says – that I am dumber than a French whore.

I can’t believe we’ve got away with becoming this huge band. And we still haven’t done anything I think is that good yet.

I didn’t get on TV until I was 30, which is really fortunate because you are who you are at that point.

When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of his work and was fascinated by him living on the edge. Looking back, my life was kind of the same.

Diamonds are a girl’s best friend and dogs are a man’s best friend. Now you know which sex has more sense.

Think of our government as a body. The IRS is the anus. It’s nobody’s favorite part, but you need that thing working properly or everything goes to shit real quick.

I moved to New York last year and I love it. It’s a huge change and I’ve always wanted to spend time there. It’s like a more intense London, and everything’s up a few notches. The lights are brighter, the pace is faster and the food’s better.

I love the people here. I love New York.

If I could trade places with anyone in the world it would be with someone who has lots of power like George Bush.

I definitely felt like I needed a break, because when you do so much, you’re not able to appreciate the things that you accomplish.

The interesting thing about my character ‘Sylar’ is that my strengths as an actor seemed to go completely against the shape of a character in the shadows. I stepped into this character and then realized how much there was to play with.