john lennon

John Lennon I, John Winston Lennon, was born in Liverpool,
England in 1940. I was the founding member of a group called the
Beatles, which was the most popular music group in the history of rock
and roll (World Book 197). The group included George Harrison, Paul
McCartney, Ringo Starr, and myself. We originally formed in 1958, but it
wasn't until 1960 that we decided to name ourselves the Beatles (World
Book 191). My philosophy of the Beatles was, "when you said it, it was
crawly things; when you read it, it was beat music (The New Book of
Knowledge 108). I, along with Paul, wrote most of the Beatles' music.
Songs that were written primarily by myself include "Help," "All You Need
is Love," and "A Day in the Life."(World Book 197). In 1970 we decided
to break up for a number of artistic, business, and personal reasons
(World Book 190). I, like the other former Beatles members, continued
to perform as a solo artist. Yoko Ono, whom I married in 1969, became
my partner (World Book 197). Yoko and I, being extremely opposed to
the war, performed together making peace our theme (Rolling Stone
229). As our taste for war bittered, Yoko and I became involved in many
anti-war protests. We recorded "Give Peace a Chance" in our hotel room
in Montreal, and I had it rush released (Rolling Stone 229). In January of
1970 I wrote and recorded "Instant Karma" in one day and had it released
(Rolling Stone 229). Three months later, Yoko and I flew to Los Angeles
for four months of primal scream therapy with Dr. Arthur Janov (Rolling
Stone 229). Because of this experience the album John Lennon/Plastic
Ono Band was made (Rolling Stone 229). In 1971 I moved to the
United States to continue my campaign for peace (World Book 197).
That year, the US Government made continual attempts to deport me
(Rolling Stone 229). A protest concert that we planned to hold on the
doorstep of the Republican National Convention made the Nixon
administration a bit upset (Rolling Stone 229). Claiming that my 1968
drug arrest made me an "undesirable alien," they also made attempts to
deport me (Rolling Stone 229). In 1976 I was granted permanent

resident status that ended this problem (Rolling Stone 229). In
1980 Yoko and I released Double Fantasy, which was my first album in
five years (World Book 197). On the eighth of December that year, I was
shot to death outside my New York City apartment by a man named Mark
David Chapman (World Book 197). That, to some extent, is my life's
story. I hope people will look deeper into my music and find its meaning
instead of just reciting the words. Music was my way of communicating
with the world. I also hope that I have made people realize the value of
peace in the world. If only everyone could understand how great world
peace would be.