Yoko Ono

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.

Yoko Ono

My work was not embraced for many decades. I would have killed myself if getting embraced affected me so much.

Yoko Ono

Next time you meet a ‘foreigner’, remember it’s only like a window with a different shape to it and the person who’s sitting inside is you.

Yoko Ono

No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles.

Yoko Ono

Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us.

Yoko Ono

People accuse artists of being narcissists – of course we are! If we don’t like ourselves, who’s going to like us?

Yoko Ono

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

Yoko Ono

People don’t remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.

Yoko Ono

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

Yoko Ono

People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.

Yoko Ono