The question of modernization is central to disturbances in the Middle East and in Africa. Everyone is after modernization, no matter where they come from. But you have to be careful about it, and more importantly, you have to have sense about it.
Regret is good. It proves you have a conscience.
The total number of people who understand relativistic time, even after eighty years since the advent of special relativity, is still much smaller than the number of people who believe in horoscopes.
You get something, if you do something
The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.
True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.
I'm a very obsessive type. If I do get into it, I'll soon be there 12 hours a day. I just don't want to do that.
Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring.
The process is always the same. I get an inspiration for a new song, I put it down on paper immediately so I won't lose it. When I am ready to go to the studio with it, I play it a few times on the piano and edit, add, and type the lyrics and take it...
Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movemen...
I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.
When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh.
I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.
You can be very wild and still be very wise.
Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll.
Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.
I'm just being normal. A normal woman. Well, I don't know what a normal woman is, but I'm a woman and I'm Yoko and I've never changed that.
People say that this new generation is so used to the Internet that their heads are already different. They can't read a book from beginning to end. That is not a tragedy. The book changes form.
My first husband met me as a career woman, and the second did, too. I was lucky.
Reality can be elastic, and I want to see how elastic it can be, you know?
If you have too many quotes from other people in your head, you can't create. You have to keep your head empty. That's why I am constantly enjoying the sky, the park, the walk.
