Yoko Ono
You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
The thing that would most improve my life is 27 hours in a day. I could meet all my deadlines.
The Beatles were a group made up of four very complex men, and my small hand could not have broken these men up.
I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.
Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.
I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form.
I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not be considered that it has a place in society - it doesn't matter.
To me, the concept of distance is not important. Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.
Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
Life with another person is always difficult.
I have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one.
When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'
Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.
Power is power. It's energy. And if you get big, big energy, you can use that in a good way.
My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.
At least I had that, one guy understood me.
I'm not going to doubt my life.
We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that.
The process is always the same. I get an inspiration for a new song, I put it down on paper immediately so I won't lose it. When I am ready to go to the studio with it, I play it a few times on the piano and edit, add, and type the lyrics and take it to the studio. Sometimes I don't have anything on paper.
It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long.
When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh.
John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.
I think that there is incredible prejudice about witches while there is no prejudice about wizards. Words are very important, and I'm really into destroying myths.
Many people do remember their births, but they deny it.
Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire.
The human race is a very, very magical race. We have a magic power of witches and wizards. We're here on this earth to unravel the mystery of this planet. The planet is asking for it.
After I was 70, I realized that, 'Okay, I would like to have another 50 years, and I probably could.' But part of me is saying, 'Maybe I'm not going to have that much time.'
Women artists are still treated differently from men.
If your life changes, we can change the world, too.
People say that this new generation is so used to the Internet that their heads are already different. They can't read a book from beginning to end. That is not a tragedy. The book changes form.
I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles.
I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.
The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.
I'm a very obsessive type. If I do get into it, I'll soon be there 12 hours a day. I just don't want to do that.
What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.
My life was pretty rough.
Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.
Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?
All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!
If everybody thinks of something, then it will happen. Your mind is part of the universe. It is connected, you can use its energy.
You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.
Art for me is like breathing.
The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.
When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.
You know, something happened to me when I became 70. I started to feel a tremendous love for the human race, and life and this planet, the universe, the whole shebang.
People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.
People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.