No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles.
When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all.
Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll.
What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.
Being alone is very difficult.
If a woman writes about a domestic situation, everyone automatically assumes that it's about her.
I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him.
You can be very wild and still be very wise.
If your life changes, we can change the world, too.
Marriage is a difficult project. When seven years have passed and all your body's cells have been replaced, you're meant to experience that seven-year itch.
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.
I was being hated for about 40 or 50 years by the whole world, but it did not destroy me, and it did not ruin my health. And the reason is because I just did not answer them. I had my own life.
I feel that my work is not in vain, that it does have a place in society, even though it may not be considered that it has a place in society - it doesn't matter.
I don't have a goal. I don't limit myself to a goal.
You know, something happened to me when I became 70. I started to feel a tremendous love for the human race, and life and this planet, the universe, the whole shebang.
Life with another person is always difficult.
John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.
Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited.
True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.
This society is driven by neurotic speed and force accelerated by greed and frustration of not being able to live up to the image of men and woman we have created for ourselves; the image has nothing to do with the reality of people.
I'm a very obsessive type. If I do get into it, I'll soon be there 12 hours a day. I just don't want to do that.
I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
Art is my life and my life is art.
Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
I'm just being normal. A normal woman. Well, I don't know what a normal woman is, but I'm a woman and I'm Yoko and I've never changed that.
Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.
You can't always be in awe of someone's talent, living with them.
Most people like to hear sounds they are used to.
Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?
Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring.
People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.
War is over if you want it.
I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.
Having a son is not all pleasure.
I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the 'Unfinished Symphony.'