"Now, we came here not only to help John Sinclair and to spotlight what's going on, but also to show and to say to all of you that apathy isn’t it and that we can do something. Okay, so flower power didn’t work; so what? We start again. This song, I wrote for John Sinclair." - John Lennon, John Sinclair Benefit concert, 10 Dec 1971 (Poet and MC5 manager John Sinclair had been sentenced to 10 years in jail for possession of 2 marijuana joints. Three days later he was released from jail.) johnlenn

LOVE. They – whoever they are – don’t stand a chance because they can’t beat love. Because all those old bits from religion and that about love being all-powerful is true, you know. And that’s the bit they can’t do, you know, they can’t handle it. | John Lennon