John Lennon Instagram – First of all, conceive of the idea of no nation, no passport. If you’re not defending a nation there’s nothing to fight about. We’ve said it a million times – first of all we conceived of flying, then we flew. It took a long time to get up in the air, and it was a lot of sticking feathers together and melting under the sun and all that, but conceiving the idea is the first move. We’re not the first to say “Imagine No Countries” or “Give Peace a Chance,” but we’re carrying that torch, like the Olympic torch, passing it hand to hand, to each other, to each country, to each generation…and that’s our job. Not to live according to somebody else’s idea of how we should live – rich, poor, happy, not happy, smiling, not smiling, wearing the right jeans, not wearing the right jeans. I’m not claiming divinity, I’ve never claimed purity of soul, I’ve never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can, but only as honestly as I can – no more, no less. I cannot live up to other people’s expectations of me because they’re illusionary. I cannot be a punk in Hamburg and Liverpool, because I’m older now. I see the world through different eyes now. But I still believe in peace, love, and understanding, as Elvis Costello said. What’s so fucking funny about peace, love, and understanding? It’s fashionable to be a go-getter and slash thy neighbor with a cross, but we’re not one to follow the fashion.