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I really feel that artists or musicians are controversial people. Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. If people are not doing that, they're not artists - they're artisans.

Yoko Ono

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Yoko Ono
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: February 18
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We are very lucky really, because we can create our own reality, John [Lennon] and me, but we know the important thing is to communicate with other people.
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We need to really do something about the world. Otherwise, we're all going to blow up together.
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We are never alone. We are all aspects of one great being. No matter how far apart we are, the air links us.
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There is an incredible love in creating art unless somebody is saying, 'Hey, let's just make money,' because it doesn't work when you do it that way. If you are aiming for that, forget it.
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