Sitatet på engelsk: Your Majesty, I am returning my MBE as a protest against Britain's involvement in the Nigeria-Biafra thing, against our support of America in Vietnam and against 'Cold Turkey' slipping down the charts. With love. John Lennon of Bag John Lennon returns his MBE to the Queen - Beatles Bible.
Sitatet på engelsk: «Ringo's a damn good drummer. He was always a good drummer. He's not technically good, but I think Ringo's drumming is underrated the same way as Paul's bass playing is underrated... I think Paul and Ringo stand up anywhere with any of the rock musicians. Not technically great. None of us were technical musicians. None of us could read music. None of us can write it. But as pure musicians, as inspired humans to make noise, they're as good as anybody!», fra Ringo Starr - Beatles Bible
London Evening Standard, "More Popular Than Jesus" 3/4/1966 - Beatles Interviews, hentet 20. mars 2018. Sitatet på engelsk: He can sleep almost indefinitely, is probably the laziest person in England. "Physically lazy," he said. "I don't mind writing or reading or watching or speaking, but sex is the only physical thing I can be bothered with any more."
Hele sitatet på engelsk: «There was a period when I thought I didn't write melodies, that Paul wrote those and I just wrote straight, shouting rock 'n roll. But, of course, when I think of some of my own songs... 'In My Life' or some of the early stuff... 'This Boy.' I was writing melody with the best of them.». Playboy Interview with John Lennon - The Beatles Interviews Database, basert på intervju med Playboy Magazine september 1980
«I can’t tell you how much it hurts to lose him. His death is a bitter, cruel blow—I really loved the guy.». Lily Rothman: How the World Reacted to John Lennon's Death 35 Years Ago - Time.com, 8. desember 2015, hentet 26. mars 2018
