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
needs trust-myself
I trust myself. You need that to survive.
dollars needs billions
Money is not everything. We don't need billions and trillions of dollars.
artist mind needs
you don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can communicate if they are desperate enough.
thinking feminism needs
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.
creativity way needs
Creativity is innate and it manifests itself in so many forms. It needs to come out somehow or it destroys you in some way.
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.
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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.
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.
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.