All I’m saying is that perhaps we can make a revolution without violence.

When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?

Reality can be elastic, and I want to see how elastic it can be, you know?

Give peace a chance and let's hope that one day we will all live in peace.

Every moment in our lives is a miracle we should enjoy instead of ignoring.

Keep going until your efforts start to make things better in your hometown.

Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.

I admire all people who are trying to be a good power in this chaotic world.

In the Second World War, I was a little girl. I was evacuated in my country.

I don't work for a long time on anything. I don't have too much time in life.

Music is like my security blanket. The first medium that I learned was music.

Music is something that even when you close your eyes it gets into your body.

Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll.

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

My first husband met me as a career woman, and the second did, too. I was lucky.

We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.

Long, long time ago, I declared that all my works are a form of a prayer/a wish.

John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.

When you go through a negative situation, don’t think about it. Make it positive.

Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken. A stick becomes a flute when it's loved.

Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that.

Stand in the evening light until you become transparent or until you fall asleep.

When you go through a negative situation, don't think about it. Make it positive.

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

I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.

No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles.

What all of us artists are doing is using our pain as material to create our work.

All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles.

Look at yourself in the mirror and don't be afraid to notice how beautiful you are.

Use your blood to paint. Keep painting until you faint. Keep painting until you die.

Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life.

I don't particularly consider myself just an artist. I'm a woman - I'm a human being.

If you're criticized then you can use it as an experience. Compliments, you can't use.

When people ask me what the most important thing is in life, I answer: 'Just breathe.'

Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.

People are still thinking of solving problems by violence and war, and that has to stop.

I relate to happiness as an ecstatic moment - something you don't create, you encounter.

The Establishment likes people who take no responsibility and cannot respect themselves.

I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.

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

I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.

You're filled with so much life. Is there any reason why all of us are not full of life?

The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.

It's always good to do something that is not a repeat. I just don't believe in repeating.

The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.

Nobody's life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear and we all just do our best.

Losing my daughter was a very serious pain. There was always some empty space in my heart.

What a beautiful future it will be! Don't worry about life being boring. It will never be.

Some people are old at 18 and some are young at 90. Time is a concept that humans created.

John would have been the first white rapper. And also he would have cherished the Internet.

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