Yoko Ono

“You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through.”

“It is very difficult for us to know we love somebody because it is an insecure position to be in. But in the end, it is important to be honest about your love because life is not that long.”

“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.”

“I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.”

“Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.”

“Artists and musicians of the Sixties were definitely into clothes.”

“Power is power. It's energy. And if you get big, big energy, you can use that in a good way.”

“People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.”

“Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.”

“Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke.”

“I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.”

“My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music.”

“Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll.”

“Japanese are very proud and workaholics. Proud workaholics.”

“I respect Lady Gaga very much.”

“People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.”

“You change the world by being yourself.”

“I never thought I would go into the dance charts.”

“My first husband met me as a career woman, and the second did, too. I was lucky.”

“When you go to war, both sides lose totally.”