Healing yourself is connected with healing others.

— Yoko Ono

I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group.

— Yoko Ono

If your life changes, we can change the world, too.

— Yoko Ono

I just want to be healthy and stay alive and keep my family going and everything and keep my friends going and try to do something so that this world will be peaceful. That is the most ambitious and the most difficult thing, but I'm there trying to do it.

— Yoko Ono

Imagine the clouds dripping Dig a hole in your garden to put them in

— Yoko Ono

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

— Yoko Ono

I'm very thankful that I can make people happy just by signing my name.

— Yoko Ono

In the '60s we fought for peace, when the Vietnam War was on. We were against the cops and against the politicians, and there were 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?

— Yoko Ono

I realized that if my thoughts immediately affect my body, I should be careful about what I think. Now if I get angry, I ask myself why I feel that way. If I can find the source of my anger, I can turn that negative energy into something positive.

— Yoko Ono

I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication.

— Yoko Ono