Julian Lennon Quotations

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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