#john lennon

Every time a new rock singer comes out they don't say, 'Are you the new John Lennon?' Every time a new rapper comes out, it's not, 'Are you the new Dre?' I am never sure why this sort of genre, the categorization is so strong. I have not earned the right to be called the young Sinatra, but give me time. ↗

— Michael Buble

#called #comes #dre #earned #every

I grew up in Greenwich Village. Dad was friends with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. ↗

— Yancy Butler

#friends #greenwich #greenwich village #grew #i

I spent many years trying to write a lot like Ben Folds or John Lennon or Rivers Cuomo. I think that's healthy when you're learning to write and seeing how chords fit together and how songs take shape. ↗

— Andrew Dost

#chords #fit #folds #healthy #how

My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on. ↗

— John Hughes

#because #comfortable #dylan #each #forward

Men have a lot less to write about, unless you're somebody like Tom Waits or John Lennon. And the female voice is much more suited to melody. Men have this barky thing - we're domesticated apes with a microphone. ↗

— Brandon Boyd

#domesticated #female #john #john lennon #lennon

I want to be like Gandhi, and Martin Luther King, and John Lennon... but I want to stay alive. ↗

— Madonna Ciccone

#gandhi #i #john #john lennon #king

John Lennon was very irreverent and very intelligent. ↗

— Brenda Lee

#irreverent #john #john lennon #lennon #very

Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#john #john lennon #lennon #maybe #me

I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool. ↗