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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

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Yoko Ono
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: February 18
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City of Tokyo
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You can't dance if you got too much muck in your head.
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I never thought I would go into the dance charts.
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I am extremely rebellious. I have this strong, defiant spirit.
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I thought art was a verb, rather than a noun.
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I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.
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Not being appreciated for 40 years or something ... It feels like I was accused of something that I didn't do, which was breaking up the Beatles. That was like being somebody who is in prison without having done anything wrong.
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My life was pretty rough.
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