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
art creating music
My career? I never think of it as a 'career.' Art and music and all those things that I'm creating are just part of me.
creating giving people
I want to incite people to loosen their oppression by giving them something to work with, to build on. They shouldn't be frightened of creating themselves - that's why I make things very open, with things for people to do.
art creating hey
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.
communication bridges creating
I have the outsider's vision, which is creating wisdom I can share with the world. The fact that I am misunderstood has always given me an added impetus to work on communication to bridge the gap.
country creating genre-is
Getting into creating in a new genre is like arriving to a new country.
battle
(When) I read about the battle of the widows, I thought 'I'm not John's widow, Yoko is John's widow,
cover songs
they always cover Paul's songs and never mine.
created travel
I've always said that I use my voice as an instrument. It was something I created myself, and I said, 'Have voice, will travel.'
grand knowing thank
Thank you George, it was grand knowing you.
aid beauty best boon cosmetics man
Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man
answer destroy hated health life ruin
I was being hated for about 40 or 50 years by the whole world, but it did not destroy me, and it did not ruin my health. And the reason is because I just did not answer them. I had my own life.
You can be lonely when you have a guy living with you.
family john main moment represents sean social
I think John's art, for the most part, represents old-fashioned family traditions. He made a lot of social statements, but there's a lot about the family in his works. Sean was his main inspiration. From the moment he was conceived, John was gloriously happy.
future head might time
I don't think about the future. I don't think about the past. I just think of what comes into my head at the time. So that might be about the past, that might be about the future. Or, the present.