Top 18 Sean Lennon Quotes

Being famous is having the power to really implement positive change in the world, and it gives you the power to do what you want. I’m really grateful for it because I can play music and people will listen.

I like to have books around to give me ideas-to get the verbal part of my brain to start working.

I’m lucky that a lot of my friends are in the entertainment industry.

We live in a pretty bleak time. I feel that in the air. Everything is uncertain. Everything feels like its on the precipice of some major transformation, whether we like it or not.

The work I’ve done, I’m really feeling the effects of it.

I like songs that go to different places and then come back.

I like songs and film because you can turn your life into a sort of myth or dream.

I feel like I’ve been way overexposed in the press. I’d rather play shows and represent myself in person.

There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.

Putting out commercial pieces and promoting them and trying to sell them to people is not necessarily what it means to be an artist.

I spend my time trying to figure art out. I was brought up to believe that the way one processes information is by making it into art. That’s how I live my life.

I’m not trying to overcome my father or fill his shoes or reach any kind of level that he did. We’re talking about a Mozart of rock music.

For me, songwriting is something I have to do ritually. I don’t just wait for inspiration; I try to write a little bit every day.

My tendency is to be very experimental.

Now, music almost feels naked in my mind.

Making films is great. You’ve got 100 people around and you’re all dressing up and making weird art-it’s a fun group activity.

I have a piano and a guitar, and I tend to switch back and forth between those two instruments to help me get inspired.

I feel that film is inevitably the medium of the future. It has been for years, decades, but more so now than ever.