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We mustn't be traditional in the way we communicate with people - especially with the Establishment. We should surprise people by saying new things in an entirely new way. Communication of that sort can have a fantastic power so long as you don't do only what they expect you to do.

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 never went to art school and I never thought of going to an art school. It was just a way of manifesting these ideas I had. Ideas came to me that I needed to express.
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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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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.
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Try to say nothing negative about anybody for three days, for forty-five days, for three months. See what happens to your life.
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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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True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.
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Countries have lost their culture because what they wanted was money. Money became the running theme in every country and culture was sacrificed.
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Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that.
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DJs are in incredible competition, musically. And they are the most musically creative and sensitive people in all the music charts. I am amazed how they are.
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All wishes create an upswing line when it is manifested. Therefore, together, it becomes an incredible upswing of power, whatever you wished. Of course, the more high level wishes, which covers the whole human race is stronger than wishing for getting ice cream for your dessert!
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Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you'll start to see a big difference in your life.
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Dance in your dream. Go out into the street and hug everyone you meet. Tell them how beautiful they are. Dance together.
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But only art and music have the power to bring peace.
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If your life changes, we can change the world, too.
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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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Artists are magicians and I definitely think John Lennon was a Wizard.
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Most people think that I am too optimistic, but my optimism is based on the thought that negative thinking is a luxury that we can't afford.
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Society was built on male power, and women's power was... ignored is the best word to describe it I suppose, we have been running society on one power, half a power really. And that's so terrible. The world needs women's power too.
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Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one line thing. And it's more casual but more interesting.
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