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" Even my mother told me: 'You are a handsome woman, but you're not pretty. Pretty girls don't have those big bones.' "

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" I travel a lot, so when I arrive in a city, I like to go to good local bookshops and make a selection based on how I'm feeling and what I'm thinking. The book I pick usually seems to have a definite karmic connection! "

" Is truth always positive? Of course. Once the truth comes out, you know, it's all right. We're scared that if the truth comes out that it's not all right. It's the other way around. "

" I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it. "

" I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away. "

" True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely. "

" Sound as medium has an incredible elasticity. So, of course, it is tempting for artists of other fields to try something with sounds. Why not? We are living in the age when there is no limit in gathering all forms of art and music to mix it together if you so desire. "

" Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. "

" Being alone is very difficult. "

" The universe, when you leave it alone, is going to be beautiful. "

" When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh. "

" The war industry people are very together; they know exactly what they want; they don't even have to talk to each other. The peace industry people are just intellectuals who are very critical of each other... Unless the peace industry is powerful, we're always going to have war. It is as simple as that. "

" When I turned 60, it didn't bother me at all. "

" When I speak out against the guns or against the big corporations, some of my friends say, 'Oh Yoko, be careful. These people have all the power.' But, you know, most people don't speak out because they are frightened. "

" Women are very intelligent and not appreciated. We try to pretend that we are not clever, and it's such a pity that we can't show how clever we are. "

" 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 free from holding personal anger because I can express what I want through my music. "

" Your private life is really very important for you. You know, all of us, you know. "

" People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us? "

" I don't believe in a chronological way of doing things. "

" The regret of my life is that I have not said 'I love you' often enough. "

" Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine? "

" Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times. "

" What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true. "

" In the '60s, people were still very protective of each field that they belonged to. Avant-garde artists didn't know about rock or pop or jazz. And the jazz people of course didn't want to know about any other music. They were all just kind of protecting their territory. "

" The sky is always there for me, while my life has been going through many, many changes. When I look up the sky, it gives me a nice feeling, like looking at an old friend. "

" My career? I never think of it as a 'career.' Art and music and all those things that I'm creating are just part of me. "

" Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it. "

" Words are power. And a book is full of words. Be careful what power you get from it. But know that you do. "