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__//**John Lennon**//__ [] __//**First source (9)**//__ [] __//**Second Source (11)**//__
 * honeymoon bed-in for peace with Yoko Ono
 * told people "War Is Over! (If You Want It)" on billboards
 * "Imagine"
 * made people feel togetherness
 * wrote depressing songs as well, such as "Mother"
 * songs showed his depression, "I'm A Loser," "Help!"
 * Imagine Peace Tower, beam of light that shoots 13,000 feet up into the sky on a clear night that says "Imagine Peace"
 * memorial in Central park that says "Imagine", where people often decorate with peace signs made out of flowers
 * was an ardent supporter of peace
 * was very optimistic even with the Beatles, with songs like "All You Need is Love"
 * collaborated with other musicians on "Give Peace A Chance", which inspired people to support peace
 * attended demonstrations against the Vietnam War
 * supported many radical groups
 * John Lennon Museum
 * John Lennon Park
 * quote - "You either get tired fighting for peace, or you die."
 * wasn't that political at first, especially at the beginning of the Beatles
 * saw himself as being radical and anti-authority
 * donated to charity a lot
 * songs were often analyzed because people wanted to find plans to take down the government

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 * performed at "Live Peace in Toronto" in 1969
 * had visions for a peaceful world, which was shown in his songs
 * performed in the film "How I Won the War," about the absurdities of the Vietnam War
 * quote - "If everyone demanded peace instead of a television set, then there'd be peace."
 * song about peace - "Mind Games"


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 * "In My Life"
 * songs talked about life's uncertainties, struggles, irony, absurdities, and possibilities
 * could make painful lyrics sound sweet
 * wrote books "In His Own Life," "A Spaniard In The Works," "Skywriting Work of Mouth"
 * songs were all of different genres
 * first song was "Hello Little Girl"
 * many of his songs just came to him, and didn't require a lot of effort to write (like "Across The Universe")
 * at the beginning of the Beatles, went through a phase where he tried to be like Bob Dylan
 * spent 5 hours trying to write "Nowhere Man"
 * went through a period he called his "marijuana period," which produced songs such as "The Word" and "Rain"
 * often helped others write their lyrics
 * "Tomorrow Never Knows" described as his "first psychedelic song" ("Tibetan Book of the Dead period")
 * "Doctor Robert" written about a doctor who showed his clients LSD
 * "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" about a drawing his son made in school, not the much believed LSD
 * based "A Day In The Life" on a bunch of stories he read in the paper
 * trip to India to visit Maharishi inspired him to write "Revolution," "Sexy Sadie," "Dear Prudence," "The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill," "I'm So Tired," "Yer Blues," and "Julia"
 * "Everybody's Got Something To Hide Except Me And My Monkey" about his relationship with Yoko Ono
 * "The Ballad Of John And Yoko" written on his honeymoon with Yoko Ono in 1969
 * "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" about Yoko
 * "Polythene Pam" about a real-life girl who dressed herself in polythene
 * "Sun King" came to him in a dream
 * wrote "One After 909" while cutting school
 * "You Know My Name, Look Up My Number" inspired by words he saw on a phone book on Paul McCartney's piano
 * "I'm The Greatest" inspired by Muhammed Ali's victory chance
 * "Old Dirt Road" written during a vodka binge
 * "John Sinclair" written as a request
 * "Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)" written for his son Sean
 * quote - "If it's real, it's simple usually. And if it's simple, it's true."


 * //__Fifth Source__//**