Yoko Ono Quotes
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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.
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Art is my life and my life is art.
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I have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one.
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Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.
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In the '60s, people were still very protective of each field that they belonged to. Avant-garde artists didn't know about rock or pop or jazz. And the jazz people of course didn't want to know about any other music. They were all just kind of protecting their territory.
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I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.
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I'm just being normal. A normal woman. Well, I don't know what a normal woman is, but I'm a woman and I'm Yoko and I've never changed that.
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Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll.
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
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When you go through a negative situation, don't think about it. Make it positive.
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Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that.
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Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.
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If your life changes, we can change the world, too.
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When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'
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We're growing up together, the human race. And we've discovered a lot of things that we didn't know. We're finding our way. Instead of thinking about doomsday all the time, think about how beautiful the world is. We're all together, and together we're getting wiser.
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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.
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In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.
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There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.
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Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
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DJs are in incredible competition, musically. And they are the most musically creative and sensitive people in all the music charts. I am amazed how they are.
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I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.
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I trust myself. You need that to survive.
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I respect Lady Gaga very much.
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I get very nervous before I get on the stage, but once I'm on the stage, I'm just, you know, me. Nothing hurts me.