About Yoko Ono: Yoko Ono is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer and peace activist who is also known for her work in avant-garde art, music, and filmmaking. She is the widow and second wife of John Lennon.
Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.
Fracking kills, and it doesn't just kill us. It kills the land, nature and, eventually, the whole world.
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.
Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.
The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.
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.
To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.
I respect Lady Gaga very much.
I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'
There's many women now who think, 'Surely we don't need feminism anymore, we're all liberated and society's accepting us as we are'. Which is just hogwash. It's not true at all.
Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.
The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that.
I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not be considered that it has a place in society - it doesn't matter.
Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.
To me, the concept of distance is not important. Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.
When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows.
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.
People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.
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.
