Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race.
People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.
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.'
Reality can be elastic, and I want to see how elastic it can be, you know?
I am aware of the sufferings of women in India, which is also the suffering of women in many, many countries on our planet. My heart is filled with empathy and love for them.
I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.
I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
My first husband met me as a career woman, and the second did, too. I was lucky.
I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.
I always believed that my work should be unfinished in the sense that I encourage people to add their creativity to it, either conceptually or physically. Back in the 1960s, I was calling for 'Unfinished Music,' number one, and number two, with my artwork - I was taking unfinished work into the gallery. And that's how I was looking at it.
In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.
My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much.
Many of my songs were dance orientated from way back. That's because I love dance! When I hear a dance number, just hearing the first eight bars, it immediately makes my bod start moving and dancing.
This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people.
The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities.
I think there is a big difference between the music business and music. And my relationship is to music, not music business. I think the business will keep changing, but music won't. Music will be there.
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.
Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know.
I'm just being normal. A normal woman. Well, I don't know what a normal woman is, but I'm a woman and I'm Yoko and I've never changed that.
I get very nervous before I get on the stage, but once I'm on the stage, I'm just, you know, me. Nothing hurts me.
