Yoko Ono quotes - page 5

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 to the studio. Sometimes I don't have anything on paper. (Yoko Ono)
After my husband John Lennon passed away, I tried to smile for my health. View quote
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One day, the dance charts will be the biggest chart in the music world. Because we all need to dance. This planet will be a fun planet when the judges in court will end the day with a dance! View quote
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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. View quote
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The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano. View quote
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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 movements. View quote
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We don't live by just sleeping and eating. We need pride and dignity in our lives. Work gives you that. View quote
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War is over if you want it. View quote
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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. View quote
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Art for me is like breathing. View quote
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I trust myself. You need that to survive. (Yoko Ono)
When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition. View quote
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I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name. View quote
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We know that our cells are speaking to each other. View quote
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Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.' View quote
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The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time. View quote
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When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh. View quote
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We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians. View quote
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I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway. View quote
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If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her. View quote
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My father was a banker, but he was an independent spirit. He was a very good pianist and very much into music. (Yoko Ono)
If you go back to all my albums, they're all confessional. View quote
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This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people. View quote
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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. View quote
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When I got pregnant, I had to concentrate on being pregnant for a whole nine months, even though I knew it was ruining my career at the time. View quote
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