Yoko Ono's Quotes

The only instrument I can play is piano. Whenever I make songs at home, I play the piano and make them on the piano.

What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.

When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.

Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?

Women artists are still treated differently from men.

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

I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it.

Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around.

When you are suffering, you become more understanding about yourself, but also about other people's sufferings too. That's the first step to understand somebody is to understand their sufferings. So then love follows.

You know, something happened to me when I became 70. I started to feel a tremendous love for the human race, and life and this planet, the universe, the whole shebang.

Experiencing sadness and anger can make you feel more creative, and by being creative, you can get beyond your pain or negativity.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

Healing yourself is connected with healing others.

I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.

Being alone is very difficult.

Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think.

We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.

Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.

True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.

I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.

Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.

Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is a reality.

Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.

All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!

At least I had that, one guy understood me.

I'm a very obsessive type. If I do get into it, I'll soon be there 12 hours a day. I just don't want to do that.

When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.

Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.

If your life changes, we can change the world, too.

The nice thing about the gallery shows is that without having to pay any money you can just go and see it.

What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.

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.

Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.

Every drop in the ocean counts.