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" My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life. "
Yoko Ono
Daily
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Heart
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" People say that this new generation is so used to the Internet that their heads are already different. They can't read a book from beginning to end. That is not a tragedy. The book changes form. "
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" 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. "
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" Bad stories are written about me because the press knows they can make me into a weeping dog and few people will object. "
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" Nothing is written in stone. So don't prepare yourself for a long and lucrative career. You might die tomorrow. Your gold holdings might become dust. Just make the music you want to make now and enjoy it. "
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" Many people do remember their births, but they deny it. "
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" The whole world is starting to realize that it was the most unwise thing for our society to have ignored women power, to run the society with male priorities. "
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" 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. "
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" Art is a mind-game that we do to make our lives easier. If it isn't for that, it becomes superfluous. "
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" Great Art is Great because it inspired you greatly. If it didn't, no matter what the critics, the museums and the galleries say, it's not great art for you. "
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" When Orientals are attacked, they don't hit back. "
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Attacked
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Hit
" 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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Country
" Distance doesn't exist, in fact, and neither does time. Vibrations from love or music can be felt everywhere, at all times. "
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Fact
" When you go to war, both sides lose totally. "
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You
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" A lot of things have been thrown at me in life, and I've got through it all without a rule book, taking it one day at a time. "
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Day
Time
One Day
" But only art and music have the power to bring peace. "
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Only
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Music
" People think that their world will get smaller as they get older. My experience is just the opposite. Your senses become more acute. You start to blossom. "
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Start
People
" I never thought I would go into the dance charts. "
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Dance
Charts
Would
" True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely. "
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" I like artists who have something to say, not wallpaper. "
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" Fracking is an incredible risk to the human race, I don't know why they even thought of doing it. "
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Why
Race
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" You can't always measure the effects of activist work; you just have to wish and pray that the message gets through. "
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Always
Measure
You
" If you have too many quotes from other people in your head, you can't create. You have to keep your head empty. That's why I am constantly enjoying the sky, the park, the walk. "
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People
Sky
Create
" I think that there is a sort of spiritual power that is translating into our bodies as we perform. Performers give, and giving is so important. It can heal. That is my experience, anyway. "
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Our
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" When you go through a negative situation, don't think about it. Make it positive. "
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" It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black. "
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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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" 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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" My life was pretty rough. "
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