Luckily we never injected because both of us were totally scared about needles. So that probably saved us. And the other thing that saved us was our connection was not very good.

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened.

I often wish my mother had died so that at least I could get some people's sympathy. But there she was, a perfectly beautiful mother.

We know that our cells are speaking to each other.

When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.

In the present age when communication is so rapid, we should create a different tradition, traditions are created everyday. Five years now is like 100 years before. We are living in a society that has no history. There’s no precedent for this kind of society so we can break the old patterns.