Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think.

Peace is here now. It's just that we don't recognize it. Let's say that 98 percent of people in the world are wanting peace. Now people say, even people from Siberia? Yes. We want world peace. The two percent is really tying to mess it up. It's so sad in a way, because by messing it up what are they going to get? Their children are going to suffer, their grandchildren are going to suffer, and they might even die before something gets good.

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

Tell the Earth how much you care, how beautiful she is, and how much you love her. Ask for her forgiveness for having been so careless.

Some people get medals and awards and all that, and maybe not intentionally - maybe the world is making them do it - but they sort of just follow what they were doing. Repeat or follow what they were doing all their lives, in their style of music or whatever. In my case, I always try to start from scratch. It's very nerve-wracking actually, but it's interesting.

Kill all the men you have slept with. Put the bones in a box and send it into the sea with flowers.

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