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I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group.

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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I started to notice that simpleness is divine. I think we all start trying to use very complex harmonies and rhythms and all that because of a certain kind of ambition. But I was always trying to create something simple.
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Love is an incredibly strong thing, it goes everywhere, it's like water, you can't stop it. Love, once you have it, once you create a kind of pathway for it to come out, it just keeps on coming out.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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We're growing up together, the human race. And we've discovered a lot of things that we didn't know. We're finding our way. Instead of thinking about doomsday all the time, think about how beautiful the world is. We're all together, and together we're getting wiser.
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The process is always the same. I get an inspiration for a new song, I put it down on paper immediately so I won't lose it. When I am ready to go to the studio with it, I play it a few times on the piano and edit, add, and type the lyrics and take it to the studio. Sometimes I don't have anything on paper.
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Everyone is an artist and a genius, I think. If we don't choose to limit ourselves then we are totally accomplished.
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IMAGINE PEACE: Think PEACE, Act PEACE, Spread # PEACE .
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Some people think that movements, such as the movements in ballet, are a higher cultural expression, whereas some are just dirt. I think it is elitist to think that a trained movement is more acceptable than untrained and possibly unrehearsed movements.
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My work was not embraced for many decades. I would have killed myself if getting embraced affected me so much.
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Being alone is very difficult.
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Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do.
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My life has always been unplanned. So when something comes along, I feel like, Why not give it a try? It's fun to experiment like that.
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The human race is a very, very magical race. We have a magic power of witches and wizards. We're here on this earth to unravel the mystery of this planet. The planet is asking for it.
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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.
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Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.
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What the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do. We have to give them respect.
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If your judgement is clouded, you must be carrying too many things which are being a burden to you.
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The computer is my favourite invention. I feel lucky to be part of the global village. I don't mean to brag, but I'm so fast with technology. People think it all seems too much, but we'll get used to it. I'm sure it all seemed too much when we were learning to walk.
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Long, long time ago, I declared that all my works are a form of a prayer/a wish.
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Unclog your mind. Unclog your room. Arrange your room in a way you wish your mind would be.
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