“I’m often afraid, but I’m not afraid to be afraid, otherwise it’s all scary.But it’s more painful to try not to be yourself. People spend a lot of time trying to be somebody else, and I think it leads to terrible diseases. 

“I think it has something to do - I don’t know, I’m no expert - with constantly living or getting trapped in an image or an illusion of themselves, suppressing some part of themselves, whether it’s the feminine side or the fearful side.” 

- John Lennon, The Rolling Stone 1980.