John Charles Julian Lennon (born 8 April 1963) is an English musician and photographer. Lennon is the child of John Lennon and his first wife, Cynthia.
I'm not one for flings, I can tell you that.
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.
My dads music was a great inspiration to me.
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.
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.
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.
I've found constancy and balance between creativity and normality.
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.
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.
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.
I had always thought of starting my own record company. I haven't regretted the decision - yet!
I've been a philanthropist for all my life, and. . . I've had many involvements in humanitarian and environmental issues.
I am not John Lennon; I never will be!
I've done every kind of touring known to mankind. I've played the big and the small places.
Anyone must remember that dad left when I was 3 years old. Mom and I lived out of the limelight. We lived a totally different life.
As much as I love music, in my mind, photography is what makes me the happiest - that's for sure.
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.
I think everyone has the potential to be creative but they have to find the avenue or avenues that work for them.
I'm one of those people who snake through the crowd, keep my head low. I'm not looking for attention.
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.