"Tame birds sing of freedom. Wild birds..." - Quote by John Lennon
Tame birds sing of freedom. Wild birds fly.
More by John Lennon
“I mean we [The Beatles] had to go through humiliation upon humiliation with the middle classes and showbiz and Lord Mayors and all that. They were so condescending and stupid. Everybody trying to use us. It was a special humiliation for me because I could never keep my mouth shut and I'd always have to be drunk or pilled to counteract this pressure. It was really hell .”
“I resent performing for frisking idiots who don't know anything.”
“Paul and I know each other on a lot of different levels that very few people know about.”
More on Freedom
“The dividend I get [from my compulsion] is the freedom to be totally disorderly in my dreamworld.”
“After I handed over all my authority, I feel now our struggle [for Tibet ] become much, much safer. And me personally, the day I officially handed over, that night, very unusual sound. I am quite free now.”
“Literature is no one’s private ground, literature is common ground; let us trespass freely and fearlessly and find our own way for ourselves.”
More on Independence
“No man in America has ever stood up so persistently and effectively for the dignity of human nature, knowing himself for a man, and the equal of any and all governments. In that sense he was the most American of us all.”
“I like sayers of no better than I like sayers of yes.”
“Don't take my advice. Or anyone's advice. Trust yourself. For good or for bad, happy or unhappy, it's your life, and what you do with it has always been entirely up to you.”