Yoko Ono Quotes
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Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it.
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Art is my life and my life is art.
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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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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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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.
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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 have only one life, so I want to make sure it's a good one.
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When you go through a negative situation, don't think about it. Make it positive.
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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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Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that.
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When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'
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In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.
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Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
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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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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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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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I respect Lady Gaga very much.
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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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I trust myself. You need that to survive.
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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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After my husband John Lennon passed away, I tried to smile for my health.
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Walking on thin ice, I'm paying the price. I'm throwing the dice in the air. Why must we learn it the hard way And play the game of life with your heart?
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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.