Yoko Ono

Yoko Ono

"I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection!"
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"I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection!"
Yoko Ono
"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."
Yoko Ono
"I was being hated for about 40 or 50 years by the whole world, but it did not destroy me, and it did not ruin my health. And the reason is because I just did not answer them. I had my own life."
Yoko Ono
"People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom."
Yoko Ono
"I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name."
Yoko Ono
"I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group."
Yoko Ono
"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."
Yoko Ono
"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."
Yoko Ono
"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."
Yoko Ono
"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."
Yoko Ono
"The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but I'm so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we'll get used to it. I'm sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk."
Yoko Ono
"There's a long life ahead of you and it's going to be beautiful, as long as you keep loving and hugging each other."
Yoko Ono
"I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it."
Yoko Ono
"Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life."
Yoko Ono
"When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all."
Yoko Ono
"DJs are in incredible competition, musically. And they are the most musically creative and sensitive people in all the music charts. I am amazed how they are."
Yoko Ono
"I'm free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music."
Yoko Ono
"Healing yourself is connected with healing others."
Yoko Ono
"Events are the best teacher for us. You try to learn from people, there is always some bend to it."
Yoko Ono
"Many incredible artists die before they were famous."
Yoko Ono
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