I used to say to my auntie, 'You throw my fu*kin' poetry out, and you'll regret it when I'm famous,' and she threw the bast*rd stuff out. I never forgave her for not treating me like a fu*kin' genius or whatever I was when I was a child.
Interpretation
This quote reflects the frustration of an artist who feels unrecognized in their youth.
John Lennon's quote expresses the deep-seated feelings of rejection and resentment he experienced from a close family member, highlighting the importance of support for budding artists. It reveals how lack of belief in one's potential can have a lasting impact on self-esteem and creative expression, noting that those who fail to see and nurture talent may later regret their dismissal.
In practice
This quote could be used in a speech about the importance of encouraging young artists.
When I get older losing my hair many years from now. Will you still be sending me a Valentine. Birthday greetings, bottle of wine? If I'd been out till quarter to three would you lock the door? Will you still need me, will you still feed me, When I'm sixty-four?
The writing of the Beatles, or John and Paul's contribution to the Beatles in the late sixties - had a kind of depth to it, a more mature, more intellectual approach. We were different people, we were older. We knew each other in all kinds of different ways than when we wrote together as teenagers and in our older twenties.
I put things down on sheets of paper and stuff them in my pockets. When I have enough, I have a book.
Guilt for being rich, and guilt thinking that perhaps love and peace isn't enough and you have to go and get shot or something.
I regret profoundly that I was not an American and not born in Greenwich Village. It might be dying, and there might be a lot of dirt in the air you breathe, but this is where it's happening.
I've been baking bread and looking after the baby...Everyone else who has asked me that question over the last few years says. 'But what else have you been doing?' To which I say, 'Are you kidding?' Because bread and babies, as every housewife knows, is a full-time job. After I made the loaves [of bread,] I felt like I had conquered something. But as I watched the bread being eaten, I thought, Well, Jesus, don't I get a gold record or knighted or nothing?
There's a film you write, there's a film you shoot, and there's a film that you cut - and they're all different.
We used the Western style to express our own themes and stories. But don't forget that our heritage includes The Thousand and One Nights.
Living here on Earth, we breathe the rhythms of a universe that extends infinitely above us. When resonant harmonies arise between this vast outer cosmos and the inner human cosmos, poetry is born.
One day you pick up the guitar and you feel like a great master, and the next day you feel like a fool. It’s because we’re different every day, but the guitar is always the same…beautiful.
As an actor, you can't just imitate someone. You have to get under her skin.
What I remember when I started to write was how I couldn't wait to get up in the morning to get to my characters.
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