Yancy Butler
Actress
"I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono."
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Lennon
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David Bowie
Musician, Actor
"I once asked [John] Lennon what he thought of what I do. He said 'it's great, but its just rock and roll with lipstick on'."
Brenda Lee
Singer
"John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent."
George Harrison
Musician, Singer-songwriter
"As far as I'm concerned, there won't be a Beatles reunion as long as John Lennon remains dead."
Yoko Ono
Artist, Musician, Activist
"Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me."
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"John Lennon was definitely my favorite Beatle, hands down."
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"John Lennon was brilliant, so gifted, so giving. He was the Bach, Beethoven, the Rachmaninoff of our time."
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"I am not John Lennon; I never will be!"
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"I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool."
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"This was one of the best things about Lennon and McCartney, the competitive element within the team. It was great. But hard to live with."
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"George Harrison and John Lennon were the ones most against touring ... I'd been trying to say ..Ah, tourings good and it keeps us sharp .. but finally I agreed with them"
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"Jean-Baptiste Mondino: "She's John Lennon and Yoko Ono at the same time"."
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"anyone who sings about love and harmony and life [john lennon] is dangerous to someone who sings about death and killing and subduing [Nixon]"
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"It’s mostly just you have to convince yourself that there’s nothing else in the room but John Lennon and suddenly things start John Lennon-ing!"
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