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
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So many people have approached me and said, 'Can I do a musical of John,' ... It's a very simple idea, you know - wow, a musical of John! But I've said no. This time, I said yes, because I liked the idea of having these different actors playing John. Because in the years after John's passing, John has transformed into something else. People in Asia think of him as their hero. People in Africa think of him as their hero. He was a hero for the whole world, and not just a white hero. So it's great to have a black performer singing as John. For me, this play is a revolution, a quiet revolution.
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You're out of the shot, ... Do you mind playing a little nearer to the camera?
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The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.
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Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one line thing. And it's more casual but more interesting.
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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.
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.'
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.