Yoko Ono Quotes
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I must say that I always thought I had a voice, even when I was 4 years old.
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If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional.
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Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.
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Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.
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You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
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I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.
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My career? I never think of it as a 'career.' Art and music and all those things that I'm creating are just part of me.
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We know that our cells are speaking to each other.
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The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
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Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.
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I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.
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I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
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I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.
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Most people like to hear sounds they are used to.
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There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other.
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Life with another person is always difficult.
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Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movements.
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Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.
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I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.
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I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
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Having a son is not all pleasure.
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This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people.
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War is over if you want it.
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Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.