Remembering John Lennon At 70: John Lennon Quotes

See some of The Beatles best soundbytes...

October 08, 2010 | Photo by WENN.com

Music fans around the world are marking what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday weekend.

The former Beatle, who was shot dead in 1980, would have celebrated his landmark birthday on the October 9.

To mark the event, Gigwise has put together a collection of some of Lennon's most memorable quotes.

From his iconic call to give peace a chance to his controversial statement about Jesus, Lennon always knew how to inspire good copy - whether he meant it or not.

You can see our selection below, alongside some special photos of people and places associated to the late Fab Four star.

MORE: Remembering John Lennon At 70: Musicians Influenced By The Beatles.

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John Lennon on Jesus: Christianity will go.. It will vanish and shrink. I needn't argue with that; I'm right and I will be proved right. We're more popular than Jesus now; I don't know which will go first — rock and roll or Christianity. Jesus was all right, but his disciples were thick and ordinary. It's them twisting it that ruins it for me. (Evening Standard, 1966)

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I really wish you could have matched the quotes with pictures from at least the correct year when John said them!
~ by THEBEATLESWERETHEMOSTBRILLIANT&COOLROCKBANDEVER! 10/11/2010 Report

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