Yoko Ono

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.

Yoko Ono

I have only one life, so I want to make sure it’s a good one.

Yoko Ono

I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music – that makes it exciting.

Yoko Ono

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.

Yoko Ono

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

Yoko Ono

I think energy is the most important thing that we can give to people as performers. Anything else is a little bit pretentious. But energy is not.

Yoko Ono

I think if you give in and accept society’s stereotypes, then you start thinking, ‘I cannot dance till late at night because I’m 70.’

Yoko Ono

I trust myself. You need that to survive.

Yoko Ono

I want to incite people to loosen their oppression by giving them something to work with, to build on. They shouldn’t be frightened of creating themselves – that’s why I make things very open, with things for people to do.

Yoko Ono

If someone is unpleasant to you, draw a halo around his or her head in your mind. He/she is an angel who came to teach you something.

Yoko Ono