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I have to be pretty inclusive. I have to be pretty much inside of me rather than going out and finding out what people are doing. I don't have the time to. I just listen to my mind, in a way.

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 was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.
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Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.
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We're all water from different rivers, That's why it's so easy to meet, We're all water in this vast, vast ocean, Someday we'll evaporate together.
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People don't remember each tree in a park but all of us benefit from the trees. And in a way, artists are like trees in a park.
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I don't think you make a choice to be an artist. There was no decision for me. I've been expressing myself this way since I can remember.
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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.
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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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Bless you for your jealousy it is a sign of empathy.
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In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam war was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there was a lot of waving banners and all that. And I think in a way, just as they were enjoying that machoism of war, we were enjoying the machismo of being anti-war, you know?
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Fracking kills, and it doesn't just kill us. It kills the land, nature and, eventually, the whole world.
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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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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.
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I'm not giving any guidance, OK. I mean, you know, mothers are not supposed to give guidance, right? Anyway, so he's [Sean] doing his own thing.
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I trust in my inspiration, really, and that's difficult because sometimes you would rather be technical. And once you empty your mind, empty your brain, it's really incredible. I'm very caring about things that dash into my brain, and I make sure I don't just clog it.
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Music is something that even when you close your eyes it gets into your body.
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When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive.
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