Julian Lennon famous quotes

Dad once said to me that should he pass away, if there was some way of letting me know he was going to be ok - that we were all going to be ok - the message would come to me in the form of a white feather. Then something happened to me about ten years ago when I was on tour in Australia. I was presented with a white feather by an Aboriginal tribal elder, which definitely took my breath away. One thing for sure is that the white feather has always represented peace to me.
-- Julian Lennon

#Dad #Years #White

For me my work is always being compared to my heritage. It has been quite a challenge unto itself just to drop into my voice and develop my individuated sound.
-- Julian Lennon

#Voice #Challenges #Sound

I had always thought of starting my own record company. I haven't regretted the decision - yet!
-- Julian Lennon

#Decision #Records #Starting

Dad could talk about peace and love out loud to the world, but he could never show it to the people who supposedly meant the most to him: his wife and son. How can you talk about peace and love and have a family in bits and pieces - no communication, adultery, divorce? You can't do it, not if you're being true and honest with yourself.
-- Julian Lennon

#Dad #Communication #Divorce

Dad was a hypocrite. He could talk about peace and love to the world but he could never show it to his wife and son.
-- Julian Lennon

#Dad #Hypocrite #Son

I've found constancy and balance between creativity and normality.
-- Julian Lennon

#Creativity #Balance #Found

As much as I love music, in my mind, photography is what makes me the happiest - that's for sure.
-- Julian Lennon

#Photography #Mind #Music Love

I am a complete mother's boy. I try to do everything with honour, respect and grace because the last thing I would want to do is hurt her.
-- Julian Lennon

#Mother #Hurt #Boys

Music's been with me from the get-go. It was always around me as a kid. Dad got me my first guitar when I was 11 and, at school, if you wanted to be cool you had to be in a band.
-- Julian Lennon

#Dad #School #Kids

I find it upsetting to see the erosion of manners. It's very scary. Where are the 'pleases' and 'thank yous?
-- Julian Lennon

#Erosion #Scary #Upset

Nothing changes, until you change. Everything changes, once you change
-- Julian Lennon

#Things Change

I've done every kind of touring known to mankind. I've played the big and the small places.
-- Julian Lennon

#Done #Kind #Touring

I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and... I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues.
-- Julian Lennon

#Issues #Environmental #Humanitarian

I'm one of those people who snake through the crowd, keep my head low. I'm not looking for attention.
-- Julian Lennon

#Snakes #People #Attention

I'm not one for flings, I can tell you that.
-- Julian Lennon

#Fling

I think everyone has the potential to be creative, but they have to find the avenue or avenues that work for them.
-- Julian Lennon

#Thinking #Creative #Be Creative

My goal in life has been to be a songsmith, not a pop person.
-- Julian Lennon

#Goal #Pops #Life Goal

People are generally badly advised when they're starting out in the creative field.
-- Julian Lennon

#People #Creative #Fields

You never know how your work is going to be received.
-- Julian Lennon

Dad made me laugh a lot. He was a real comedian. He had a real sarcastic sense of humour, he could really make a fool out of people. I have to watch it a little bit, because I caught that habit from him. I was really fond of him. He was my idol.
-- Julian Lennon

#Sarcastic #Dad #Real

I live in a small apartment in London, not some big house with a lot of security. I don't like too much security. There's no freedom. I'm a person, not some precious diamond that needs guarding every second.
-- Julian Lennon

#House #Needs #London

My dads music was a great inspiration to me.
-- Julian Lennon

#Dad #Inspiration #My Dad

I don't meditate in any formal way, but I often lie in bed or find myself in nature and enter into that state of quiet where I get images, feelings, or melodies.
-- Julian Lennon

#Lying #Feelings #Bed

I know that Dad was an idol to millions who grew up loving his music and his ideals. But to me he wasn't a musician or a peace icon, he was the father I loved and who let me down in so many ways. After the age of five, when my parents separated, I saw him only a handful of times, and when I did he was often remote and intimidating. I grew up longing for more contact with him but felt rejected and unimportant in his life. ... ... While Dad was fast becoming one of the wealthiest men in his field, Mum and I had very little and she was going out to work to support us.
-- Julian Lennon

#Dad #Father #Men

Like most photographers, I try to capture a moment in my work.
-- Julian Lennon

#Trying #Photographer #Moments

I love to sit on a mountain top and gaze. I don't think of anything but the people I care about and the view.
-- Julian Lennon

#Thinking #Views #People

I have a short temper - I think it's part of the Celtic background. I used to be a lot more angry, but I was quite discreet with it.
-- Julian Lennon

#Thinking #Used #Celtic

On the one hand, I've had such a normal upbringing with my mum, who has kept me grounded, but on the other, the wild experiences through my dad.
-- Julian Lennon

#Dad #Hands #Normal

I am not John Lennon; I never will be!
-- Julian Lennon

#Lennon

A lot of people think that I grew up in recording studios and knew the whole process, but that was never the case.
-- Julian Lennon

#Thinking #People #Grew Up

I have always felt that I have observed life in a different way to others... Music has always been one creative outlet for me, but now I'm happy to add another one too, that being photography
-- Julian Lennon

#Photography #Creative #Different