When people get cynical about love, they should look at us [Yoko and John Lennon] and see it is possible

My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music.

I realized that an artist seeking to tell the truth in her art takes great courage. I recognize the courage required to bring children together from Israeli and Palestinian communities to find commonality in music as a very powerful and effective beginning towards Peace.

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.

Sometimes I have compared myself with a scientist or something: when you discover something and you don't expect the whole world to understand it. I always thought I was doing that kind of activity, in art and in music too.

What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.

Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.