認識我比較深的朋友大都知道我最崇敬的音樂家只有兩位，一是Beethoven，另一位就是John Lennon。Lennon在二十五年前的今天(Dec 8, 1980)在紐約上西區家門口 (Dakota Building)遭遇不幸，不曉得若Lennon活到今天能否影響這個世界更多?

每年這時候把他的LP唱片與CD拿出來聽一聽似乎已經變成一種儀式，今年當然也不例外。明天下班後要去台中度個小假順便過過生日，帶什麼音樂過去放呢? 那就來點激烈前衛的Sometime in New York City/Live Jam吧，雖然不常聽，但光想像Plastic Ono Band與The Mothers of Invention的組合想必會很過癮的。也把Live in New York City帶去好了，是的，那張CD裡有那首Imagine等可以讓我吟詠許久的名曲。

"People say I'm crazy doing what I'm doing. Well, they give me all kinds of warnings to save me from ruin. When I say that I'm OK they look at me kind of strange. Surely you're not happy now you no longer play the game. I'm just sitting here watching the wheels go round and round. I really love to watch them roll. No longer riding on the merry-goround. I just had to let it go..."

--John Lennon