American - Artist | February 18, 1933 -
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.
Yoko Ono
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I think if you give in and accept society's stereotypes, then you start thinking, 'I cannot dance till late at night because I'm 70.'
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I just like to explore all sorts of different forms - no, 'explore' is not even the word - enjoy. You don't want to limit yourself to a particular form.
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I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it.
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Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.
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People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.
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Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one line thing. And it's more casual but more interesting.
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Chemically speaking or biologically, we research things, but we don't know half of them. We only know our half of it - symbolically - and we don't know ourselves more than half.
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Having a son is not all pleasure.
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I get very nervous before I get on the stage, but once I'm on the stage, I'm just, you know, me. Nothing hurts me.
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The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
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No one person could have broken up a band, especially one the size of the Beatles.
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