Yoko Ono Quotes
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I dedicate this light tower to John Lennon my love for you is forever yoko ono October 9th 2007
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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.
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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 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.
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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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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 think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway.
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Artists and musicians of the Sixties were definitely into clothes.
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I don't think about the future. I don't think about the past. I just think of what comes into my head at the time. So that might be about the past, that might be about the future. Or, the present.
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I thought art was a verb, rather than a noun.
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Many people do remember their births, but they deny it.
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Fracking kills, and it doesn't just kill us. It kills the land, nature and, eventually, the whole world.
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The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.
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Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.
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I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually or physically. Back in the 1960s, I was calling for 'Unfinished Music,' number one, and number two, with my artwork - I was taking unfinished work into the gallery. And that's how I was looking at it.
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I think there is a big difference between the music business and music. And my relationship is to music, not music business. I think the business will keep changing, but music won't. Music will be there.
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If your life changes, we can change the world, too.
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If your judgement is clouded, you must be carrying too many things which are being a burden to you.
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Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.
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Art for me is like breathing.
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I've always said that I use my voice as an instrument. It was something I created myself, and I said, 'Have voice, will travel.'
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I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?
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If everybody thinks of something, then it will happen. Your mind is part of the universe. It is connected, you can use its energy.
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You can be very wild and still be very wise.