Quotes by Yoko Ono

• When you go to war, both sides lose totally.
• The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.
• Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
• My life was pretty rough.
• No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles.
• People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.
• 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.
• The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
• The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.
• True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.
• We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.
• Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.
• When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.
• War is over if you want it.
• Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?
• What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.
• At least I had that, one guy understood me.
• What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.
• All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!
• Life with another person is always difficult.
• Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.
• Being alone is very difficult.
• Every drop in the ocean counts.
• Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
• John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.
• I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.
• I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
• I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.
• Art is my life and my life is art.
• 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.
• I'm not going to doubt my life.
• If your life changes, we can change the world, too.
• Healing yourself is connected with healing others.