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When I Started, Rock And Roll Itself Was The Basic Revolution To People Of My Age And Situation. We Needed Something Loud And Clear To Break Through All The Unfeeling And Repression That Had Been Coming Down On Us Kids.

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When I Started, Rock

John Lennon

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When I Started, Rock And Roll Itself Was The Basic Revolution To People Of My Age And Situation. We Needed Something Loud And Clear To Break Through All The Unfeeling And Repression That Had Been Coming Down On Us Kids.

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Most Of The Songs Came From Europe And Africa And Now They Were Coming Back To Us. Many Of [bob] Dylan's Best Songs Came From Scotland, Ireland Or England. It Was A Sort Of Cultural Exchange.

Come Together, Right Now.

There Are Two Basic Motivating Forces: Fear And Love. When We Are Afraid, We Pull Back From Life. When We Are In Love, We Open To All That Life Has To Offer With Passion, Excitement, And Acceptance. We Need To Learn To Love Ourselves First, In All Our Glory And Our Imperfections. If We Cannot Love Ourselves, We Cannot Fully Open To Our Ability To Love Others Or Our Potential To Create. Evolution And All Hopes For A Better World Rest In The Fearlessness And Open-hearted Vision Of People Who Embrace Life.

Life's What Happens When You're Making Other Plans.

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Everything Will Be Okay In The End. If It's Not Okay, It's Not The End.

A Very Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year Let's Hope It's A Good One Without Any Fear.

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