Yoko Ono Quotes

Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.

Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?

Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object.

We created a thing called culture and civilization, and now we're about to lose it because we're trying to destroy everything. And I kind of miss it. I miss culture and civilization.

I feel sad that he's just a voice now.

Being alone is very difficult.

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.

I always thought that I was an important musician. If you don't have that confidence, why would you go on and do it?

Rather than deal with problems in relationships, I've always moved on. That's why I'm one of the very few survivors as a woman, you know.

Love is what I give to the one I love.

I'm not giving any guidance, OK. I mean, you know, mothers are not supposed to give guidance, right? Anyway, so he's [Sean] doing his own thing.

Perhaps one feels more pain when parents are there. It's like when you're hungry, you know, it's worse to get a symbol of a cheeseburger than no cheeseburger at all. It doesn't do you any good, you know.

Art is a way of survival.

It's always good to do something that is not a repeat. I just don't believe in repeating.

Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.

Power is not something we should be afraid of. Power is great, power is energy. And in terms of energy, the most important energy is human spiritual energy and when I say spiritual, I feel like have to be very careful, I don't mean religious, I mean the energy of the mind, the energy that exists within us.

Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.'

Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire.

You know harmony only exists in music-isn't that amazing? I think that if you see earth from very far away, the color is blue. That is very interesting because blue is the color of communication.

To have world peace, we all have to have a healthy understanding of what is necessary to bring World Peace. It's not something that will be dropped on our laps. We have to work for it. Until we get World Peace, I think my strongest passion stays in the effort to get it.

People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.

Give peace a chance and let's hope that one day we will all live in peace.

When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.

No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles.

I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.

A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time.

Music is like my security blanket.

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.

Someday I'll be remembered for The phone calls I never made Letters I never mailed And the stories I never finished telling anyone.

Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear, and we all just do our best. I would never claim to have the worst situation. There are many widows, and many people dying of AIDS, many people killed in Lebanon, people starving all over the planet. So we have to count our lucky stars.

I trust myself. You need that to survive.

Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it.

When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining.

Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are.

Artists and musicians of the Sixties were definitely into clothes.

Indie music is 'it' now. It's kind of a revolution to the music: 1980s, 1990s music was getting very sanitized; they were complying with the music industry. Music was getting more and more dead in a way. Now, because of the social climate that's very severe, the artists are compelled to start being real. It's really great that indie music is now.

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

If I hear dance music, my body starts to move. Whatever the dance music is, I can't help it. With all that, I still felt, well, rock is a little higher art, but it wasn't. Right now, because I have so much experience with dance charts, I started to realize that it's incredible art. This is going to be known one day as high art.

To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.

Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.

Our thoughts determine our age.

Dancing is a very healthy thing to do for our body.

Getting into creating in a new genre is like arriving to a new country.

If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.

If someone is unpleasant to you, draw a halo around his or her head in your mind. He/she is an angel who came to teach you something.

The human race is a very, very magical race. We have a magic power of witches and wizards. We're here on this earth to unravel the mystery of this planet. The planet is asking for it.

Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.

We know that our cells are speaking to each other.