Music is like my security blanket. Yoko Ono More Quotes by Yoko Ono More Quotes From Yoko Ono I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting. Yoko Ono styleflowartist I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal. Yoko Ono dragonspowerfulanimal When you go to war, both sides lose totally. Yoko Ono artistsideswar A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time. Yoko Ono thrownone-day-at-a-timebook 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. Yoko Ono careersmonthsnine When people don't understand my work, I don't feel like explaining. Yoko Ono explainingfeelspeople After my husband John Lennon passed away, I tried to smile for my health. Yoko Ono my-husbandpassed-awayhusband All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles. Yoko Ono i-caneasy Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object. Yoko Ono dogstoriespeople I get very nervous before I get on the stage, but once I'm on the stage, I'm just, you know, me. Nothing hurts me. Yoko Ono nervousstagehurt I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much. Yoko Ono changedartistthinking I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums. Yoko Ono collaborationnot-interestedalbums I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name. Yoko Ono signingnamespeople If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her. Yoko Ono situationassumingwriting In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know? Yoko Ono vietnamwarthinking 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. Yoko Ono expressionpeoplethinking 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. Yoko Ono prioritiesmalesrunning There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it. Yoko Ono heycreatingart When people get cynical about love, they should look at us [Yoko and John Lennon] and see it is possible Yoko Ono cynicalpeoplelooks Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us. Julian Assange took a courageous step by rightfully returning what belongs to the public domain. For that reason, I believe we need to stand behind him. Yoko Ono informationofficepeople
