Quotes from Yoko Ono

I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.

You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.

Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?

The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.

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.

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.

Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll.

Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous.

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.

I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper.

When you go to war, both sides lose totally.

I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.

I never thought I would go into the dance charts.

I don't believe in a chronological way of doing things.

I wonder why men get serious at all. They have this delicate, long thing hanging outside their bodies which goes up and down by its own will. If I were a man I would always be laughing at myself.

Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.

Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.

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.

Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.

I'm not giving any guidance, OK. I mean, you know, mothers are not supposed to give guidance, right? Anyway, so he's [Sean] doing his own thing.

Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.

But only art and music have the power to bring peace.

My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music.

Music is like my security blanket.