Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
Yoko Onois a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist who is also known for her work in performance art, music, and filmmaking. She is the widow and second wife of singer-songwriter John Lennon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth18 February 1933
CityTokyo, Japan
CountryUnited States of America
drawings generous wonder
He was very generous about it. I just wonder where those drawings went.
friend school though
It's not as though you're an old school friend of mine, Cynthia.
appreciate john love music opens people remember time
At this time I think it's important that we remember John for what he contributed to the world. For people who still love John's music and for those now getting into John's music, this opens up a whole new world in which they can appreciate John's music again.
I must say that I always thought I had a voice, even when I was 4 years old.
friend grand indicted larceny took
How could he be a friend when he was indicted for grand larceny and took so many things from us?
speaking
Chemically speaking or biologically, we research things, but we don't know half of them. We only know our half of it - symbolically - and we don't know ourselves more than half.
love observing proud sure
If he's observing me from up there, I'm sure he's proud of me. It's going to go on and on. This is what I love now, so it's great.
people
I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
continues distance george given hope lifetime olivia press respectful space wit
I hope the press will keep their respectful distance and give Olivia and Dhani the space they need now. George has given so much to us in his lifetime and continues to do so even after his passing, with his music, his wit and his wisdom.
believe build burned civilization memory necessity people start
I believe in people so much that if the whole of civilization is burned so we don't have any memory of it, even then people will start to build their own art. It is a necessity -- a function. We don't need history.
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.
ifs decades affected
My work was not embraced for many decades. I would have killed myself if getting embraced affected me so much.
art differences information
There's a big difference between sending your art in a statement or something like that, and sending yourself there. When you send yourself somewhere, then you are sharing your information uncontrollably - like all yourself.
art breathing happens
Art for me is like breathing. When I stop breathing, what happens?