Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono
Yoko Onois a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist who is also known for her work in performance art, music, and filmmaking. She is the widow and second wife of singer-songwriter John Lennon...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth18 February 1933
CityTokyo, Japan
CountryUnited States of America
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To me, the concept of distance is not important. Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times.
realized time
After I was 70, I realized that, 'Okay, I would like to have another 50 years, and I probably could.' But part of me is saying, 'Maybe I'm not going to have that much time.'
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At this time I think it's important that we remember John for what he contributed to the world. For people who still love John's music and for those now getting into John's music, this opens up a whole new world in which they can appreciate John's music again.
future head might time
I don't think about the future. I don't think about the past. I just think of what comes into my head at the time. So that might be about the past, that might be about the future. Or, the present.
music time
I don't have time to listen to anybody's music. I'm making it, you know.
long too-much long-time
I don't work for a long time on anything. I don't have too much time in life.
technology
New technology is something he always embraced, and this is something he would have loved.
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If we had a big Apple Records lawyers meeting or something, and we were sitting there and John was bored to death, he would start to (draw). The lawyers would later say.
Let's just say I don't know if she has my number.
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So many people have approached me and said, 'Can I do a musical of John,' ... It's a very simple idea, you know - wow, a musical of John! But I've said no. This time, I said yes, because I liked the idea of having these different actors playing John. Because in the years after John's passing, John has transformed into something else. People in Asia think of him as their hero. People in Africa think of him as their hero. He was a hero for the whole world, and not just a white hero. So it's great to have a black performer singing as John. For me, this play is a revolution, a quiet revolution.
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Mothers are not supposed to give guidance, right' Sean's doing his own thing.
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I said, 'You're a good songwriter. It's not June with Spoon that you write. You're a good singer, and most musicians are probably a little bit nervous about covering your songs,'
good june spoon
I said, 'You're a good songwriter, it's not June with Spoon that you write.
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People always portrayed us as enemies, like two boxers on opposite sides of the ring, but of course it was never really like that,