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John Lennon4 quotes
Imagine there's no heaven,
It's easy if you try,
No hell below us,
Above us only sky. — John Lennon · 1971All we are saying is give peace a chance. — John Lennon · 1969Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans. — John Lennon · 1980Keep you doped with religion and sex and TV
And you think you're so clever and classless and free
But you're still fucking peasants as far as I can see. — John Lennon · 1970Barbra Streisand1 quote
People, people who need people
Are the luckiest people in the world. — Barbra Streisand · 1964Beyonce1 quote
If you like it, then you shoulda put a ring on it. — Beyonce · 2008Billy Joel1 quote
But you know that when the truth is told, that you can get what you want, or you can just get old. — Billy Joel · 1977Bonnie Raitt1 quote
I can’t make you love me if you don’t.
You can’t make your heart feel something it won’t. — Bonnie Raitt · 1991Bruce Cockburn1 quote
Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight. — Bruce Cockburn · 1984Cyndi Lauper1 quote
When the working day is done
Oh girls, they wanna have fun
Oh, girls just wanna have fun — Cyndi Lauper · 1979Elton John1 quote
How wonderful life is while you're in the world. — Elton John · 1970Fleetwood Mac1 quote
Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm getting older too. — Fleetwood Mac · 1975Frank Sinatra1 quote
I've lived a life that's full, I've travelled each and ev'ry highway
And more, much more than this. I did it my way. — Frank Sinatra · 1969Helen Reddy1 quote
If I have to, I can do anything. I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman. — Helen Reddy · 1971Lady Gaga1 quote
I was born this way. — Lady Gaga · 2011Lou Reed1 quote
It's such a perfect day
I'm glad I spent it with you
Oh, such a perfect day
You just keep me hanging on. — Lou Reed · 1972Louis Armstrong1 quote
I see friends shaking hands, saying, 'How do you do.' They're really saying, 'I love you.' — Louis Armstrong · 1967Paula Cole1 quote
Where is my John Wayne?
Where is my prairie song?
Where is my happy ending?
Where have all the cowboys gone? — Paula Cole · 1996Peter, Paul and Mary1 quote
A dragon lives forever,
But not so, little boys
Painted wings and giants' rings
Make way for other toys. — Peter, Paul and Mary · 1963The 5th Dimension1 quote
When the moon is in the seventh house,
And Jupiter aligns with Mars,
Then peace will guide the planets,
And love will steer the stars;
This is the dawning of the age of Aquarius. — The 5th Dimension · 1967The Supremes1 quote
Set me free, why don'tcha, baby
Get out my life, why don'tcha, baby
'Cause you don't really love me
You just keep me hangin' on. — The Supremes · 1966Vera Lynn1 quote
We'll meet again,
Don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again some sunny day. — Vera Lynn · 1939