Friday QandA day: Ask me an interesting question, tag it #yokoQandA and I’ll answer 10-15 every week on IMAGINEPEACE.com love, yoko
narayafr
What was the last album you listened to from start to finish?
‘BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY’ by me and ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead’ by Sean Lennon!
narayafr
Do you have a phobia?
Life.
akanee
Why did you tell us to burn the book in your “grapefruit juice”? I just can’t! I keep and read it sometimes:)) A beautiful book.
Thank you. I didn’t say when to burn it, right? You can, when we all go to Mars for a picnic.
michaelmalachi
What would you have done differently when you & John were promoting peace?
We are.
SophiaCaitlin
i’d love to know more about the woman who inspired such classic music.. are you spiritual or do you follow any religion?
I just had a classical music training long time ago. That’s all. No. I follow myself.
yulitide2009
dear Yoko what is work means to you? you are an artist . . .
Work is a blessing given to me who would otherwise be a couch potato.
gogomariada
do you like picture story book? if you have favorite, would you tell us them?
I love all picture story books.
netohikari
favorite food this week?
percsimmons. It’s now in season. It’s medicinal as well.
multimediac17
Are there any plans for a sequel to the Open Your Box (remixes) album?
I’ll think about it.
abirdseyeview
If you could be any animal, what would you be?
Me, as of now.
y_hara
how do you feel when you heard “(Just Like) Starting Over” at the first time?
Thought it was a good upbeat song with good chords.
kavdotcom
are you going to tour Australia so that we can share the love and joy that your music brings to the world?
That’ll be nice.
kavdotcom
what’s your favourite type of tree to whisper too? Do you think other trees get jealous?
All trees are my friends. When I whisper, I always make sure to say pass it on. So all trees get the message and none of them get jealous.
lorenzorw
what do ya think about today’s rock and roll?
Rocking and rolling is always good. Anytime.
kavdotcom
what colour should I paint my nails?
The same colour as your heart.
tomokocat
What would you do when you feel small and less important?
Small is beautiful. I wouldn’t feel less for it.
JenniferPage1
What SPIRITUAL tool do you apply, when the demands become too much, exhaustion and overwhelm hits, and maybe even sadness?
Just count your blessings. Think of people in warzones. How terrible their lives are. Again, count your blessings. It will make you feel better.
tokyoguppy
What color do you find most in your room?
white.
watercolorwes
Do you think that Twitter (and similar) energy can be Zen energy with regard to our oneness?
Yes. definitely! Let’s keep communicating. We are one through knowing each other.
pegtassey
Dear Yoko Is it easier to make art when you have $ which provides more time for reflection and less time workin a tiring job ugh?
Why don’t you try it yourself?
WTCommunities
We communicate all the time. What are we forgetting to hear?
That we are actually in love with each other. Every one of us.
s_westriver
Dear Ms Yoko What season do you like? I like winter the best because my birthday come!
I love winter, too. I was born in february, the morning when the whole world was covered in snow. The whole world around the hospital. Anyway, maybe that’s why I love winters!
twitwalk
Have you ever worked with Laurie Anderson? What do you think of her performance art? Is anyone funnier than her?
I think she is wonderful. I love her work, and respect her very much.
twitwalk
How many musical instruments are there in the universe?
As many as the beings who wish to play them.
ericoba
Yoko-san, do you miss speaking Japanese sometimes? Do you speak Japanese once in a while?
I speak Japanese when I am communicating in Japanese, mostly when I’m in Japan. I am in Japan once a year.
JayneHarmony
What do you dream?
I dream of our beautiful future.
kanassyma
I like to think death and loss are different. What do you think?
The same. Both free you from what you lost.
elleelleven
How did you get the faith to believe we can have Peace on Earth? U R LOVED
We already have. We tend to listen to the loud noise of violence in the world, and don’t realize that Peace is growing quietly.
sysboots
What are some of your favorite things about walking that makes it such a gratifying and worthwhile experience?
Unlike stairmaster, walking outside makes you feel human. Stairmaster quite often make you feel like an animal on a moving belt.
kmikng
What do you like most about Japan?
People.
lorna_08
What college did Sean go to and what did he major in?
he went to a college in the planet of Mars, and majored in Peace.
zenriver
was learning how to do nothing part of John’s healing retreat? was finding stillness important to him in his creative life?
He wanted the time to dream and meditate.
retrobanks
How can I distinguish between the dreamworld I play in & the real world I work in? It’s so hard to tell the difference.
It’s all you. Be thankful that you have two lives. It’s more interesting than one.
JustinMcDonough
If you could design your own tree, what would it look like, and how would it behave?
It would be a beautiful and healthy tree which would multiply faster than the speed of light and cover the earth with love.
NatRen9
Hi Yoko! Do you think John would have liked Robert Hilburns new book “Cornflakes with John Lennon”
I haven’t read yet, so I don’t know.
Yobary
Did you do any music before you met John? Or did he turn you on to it, like you turned him on to so much (art-wise)?
Yes. I had music training before I met John. I also performed my own music in various countries.
tromakevin
Do you think transcendental meditation affected John’s life? Did it affect yours?
Meditation was a way of life in Asia. So as much as I respect what transcendental meditation people are doing now – to educate children how to meditate – I don’t think I was necessarily influenced by them. We, as children in Asia, was taught to include meditation in our lives from the start.
Tommypad123
please could you tell me if you sing in the song the continuing story of bungalow bill, its a great song. thanks
Yes. And I agree with you that it’s a great song.
BeatleChick13
What is your favorite quote whether it be your own or someone elses?
I love you, Earth. You are beautiful. (From my song called “I love you, Earth”.)
rosettamartin
Do you believe that people can have “old souls”? If so, what does it mean? Also, do you believe in signs?
We are all old souls. I also love all signs.
rosettamartin
John said that when we are free of our guilt and hypocrisy about sex, sex will be just a part of living. How do we overcome guilt?
Why do you have guilt about sex? What’s wrong with sex?
helabo
do you think the universe has a soul?
Yes, I do. A beautiful one.
helabo
after the bombing at the girls’ school in pakistan, what can we do to provide education to girls living in such hostile settings?
Bombing can happen in any school in any country. Many students were killed in a school in America, too. Remember? Just wish them all well.
successfulrebel
What do you think the first step should be for women that want to help the world improve?
For women or men, the first step is to love oneself.
LoreleyZlotz
You mention how inspiring rooms can be. To invite change, what do you do aside from rearranging a room’s existing elements?
While you rearrange a room, you will get inspired with what to do next.
jmccon1
I am going through a very rough time in my life, and could use some words of encouragement,could you help me out?? 
Notice your smile looks like this Well, that’s not going to get you anywhere you want. Maybe you should learn how to smile.
Yobary
Which city would be the “best” to visit – Kyushu, Hokkaido, or Kyoto? Have you been to any of these?
I have been to all three, and they are all beautiful.
usako818
Hi,Yoko! Where is the most delicious soba reastaurant you think in the world? My suggestion is KAMIYAMA in Tochigi.
Wow! Are you a connoisseur of soba? I’m just happy with soba cooked at home.
MichaelJGreene
hurt people hurt people so how do you teach people to love?
By loving them.
JorgeArtajo
“Hanako” It’s so beautiful that I’m longing for a whole Album in Japanese by you. Will you make this dream come true?
I will send you the Japanese CD, then…which has the extra song HANAKO.
enokoro
Hello.What make you feel “Spring has come”?
When I feel the breeze of Spring in my heart
tbs_channel
Have you tried fasting? If so, how was it and why??
I often try fasting. It’s good for your health.
p_oem
Yoko, could we declare minnows to be poems. -and their swimmings & dartings to & fro to be, dance .. can u confirm?
A nice thought.
gallio217
looking at the sky thinking symbolicly if everyone adopted a Peace Cloud then the earth would be covered in peace what do u think
A cloud is so transient. I’d go for stones.
zenriver
Feel the Sand is so beautiful. Where did it come from? Was there a particular feeling or image you held in your heart?
I was thinking of me lying down on the sandy expanse watching the sky.
uncleaimee
Dear Yoko, who is your favorite superhero? i.e. Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man… who do you like & why?
There are so many heroes and heroines in our society. I love them all. I love the street woman who’s pushing her cart with all her belongings. I love the guy who is pushing the stroller for two kids. We are all pushing our things slowly going to the beyond where the sun is setting.
BeatleChick13
If you could have one superpower what would it be?
To live with health and joy forever.
margarundia
your post 9/11 lecture @ the kitchen changed my life-how do you think we can make positive change now?
The change will come no matter how we try to stop it. Just go with the flow, with good thoughts.
uncleaimee
I studied your work in college but never saw your films til Rock Annex & am so glad i did. Are they available on dvd?
They are not available now.
yulitide7107
what was the last song written by John before he died?
I will tell you one day.
the_colleys
Can just singing a song change the world? (a la Neil Young)
It is changing.
chalk4peace
how do we get all the peace movements to work together to collaborate to create a greater force 4 peace?
All the peace movements are working together in the spiritual level. It is very, very strong. If you see it with your mind’s eye, you will know that you are already part of it.
darbrasfield
How do you raise a peaceful child in a not so peaceful world?
Don’t be concerned. The child will be bored with a violent world and wish for a peaceful world.
spockadee
Yoko, I want to see world peace and an end to war, but what about evil people that thrive on hate and negative energy?
Keep changing negative energies. You can do it. You do it with love.
Cathymgm
What do you learn from failure? What do you learn from success?
That failures teaches you. And success gives you a rest from failures.
then_theresbill
It’s been said that every New Yorker has a story of a Garbo sighting. Had you ever seen Greta Garbo in the 1960s-1980s?
Yes. I did.
VegasHill
who is your favorite author and why?
I don’t have one favorite author.
sugarspeak
Who is your favorite female, contemporary poet?
I don’t read poetry. I imagine.
thewildtonk
Imagine the sound of snow falling in Kansas, capture that sound on tape, and use that tape to wrap a gift, what is your gift?
Love.
p_oem
Yoko, If I were a fish & you were hungry would u catch me..or let me swim free?
Holdidng my hungry tummy, I will climb up a tree.
p_oem
If I were a tree & you needed a home would you cut me?
I will let you be.
p_oem
If I were the wind would you want to hold me?
I’ll build a watchtower out of you and let you see.
p_oem
If I were a wave would you surf me?
If I saw a big wavelike you, I will flee
p_oem
If I were the last bullet on earth would you fire me?
I will bury you in my garden and make some tea
p_oem
If I were you would you be me?
If you were me, I will kiss your knee
lorna_08
My partner and I feel connected to the full moon. How do you feel about it?
Unless you guys were born under full moon, you’ve got a pretty heavy thing going for yourselves. Full Moon draws passion and anger.
ctbgirl
It is the full moon day. I feel the energy of the moon. Do you watch the sky at night? How do you feel?
Fine.
adelatalpes
Should Love and Ego coexist in balance?
Love is all encompassing. It does not need anything to balance it.
tbs_channel
I always complain about everything. And I hate that. How can I change myself??
There’s nothing wrong with complaining a little. Better than hating yourself. Be kind to yourself. You are only human.
tbs_channel
I love puddings! Would you please suggest any specific puddings for me??
I’d rather not think of puddings which make me gain weight.
cchenko
I feel that I should follow my heart, but how to cut those ropes?
When you follow your heart, the ropes will disappear.
delc82
I live in a place where I only hear the wind touching the leaves, when I close my eyes, only peace, imagine the world like this?
Each of us has an inside like that. If only we could be aware of it, we’ll all be in peace.
tomokocat
What is your favourite recipe that makes you think of John and smile?
Cuppa tea. He used to make it for me.
zivoco
What is money do you think?
Convenience, if you use it as such. Greed for it will kill you.
gretchenraine
I think you can tell a lot about someone from their hobbies. Is there anything you collect?
I don’t do “collections.” You can call my hats a collection, since I ended up buying so many.
eliseplain
What’s your favorite movie?
Do you just have one favorite movie? Well, I have many.
jessicamanack
i am going to Japan for the 1st time in April. what is one experience you recommend i have?
Good cheap food. You will not experience anything like that anywhere else.
gwiz747
Do you think the physical medium of music is dying or does it still have a place in our fast paced world?
Like a shop that closes, and come back again later. Everything in history has gone and come back. So why not the physical medium of music?
successfulrebel
how do your ideas for your art manifest? Do you get a picture in your mind, or is it more like a voice in your head?
Inspiration for visual art is usually something visual in my mind. Sounds in my head is music.
UnderwearGods
Is personal sacrifice worth it, for the slow progress of others’ social battles?
If you join the battle, you are one of them. If you are a bystander, you are not sacrificing yourself.
SecretMaco
what is the best advice you can give on time management? procrastination?
Time is a very convenient concept. Sometimes we save ourselves and the situation by procrastinating.
SandGeorge
Do you think anything is possible if you’re persistent and talented or you have to be REALLY lucky to make it happen?
Luck has a lot to do with it. So they say. But who are you who attracted such luck to yourself?
tessa_gee
Do you like flowers? If yes, why?
My heart starts beating faster when I see the sky.
jessyinthesky
Do you believe that love can save the world?
Yes. Definitely. Keep changing negative energy into the positive using love.
hwickham
Do you think Woman is still the nigger of the world ?
In many societies, yes. We still have a long way to go.
SunThisMarch
Why do so many people refuse to believe in global warming?????
Why don’t you believe that your wife is having an affair with your best friend?
tokyoguppy
Do you ever feel your Japanese ancestry – going far back to Amaterasu – affecting you in any way?
It may be.
windycove
Do you ever go to the Peace Tower?
Of course. I go there every year on John’s birthday.
pbroo
what do you feel the week before the Imagine Peace Tower is lit?
That it won’t rain. It’s hard for everybody if it did.
stacybond
Have you ever felt unsure about your vision? Any tips for when one has to create something others may not be ready for?
Don’t try to be something. Just be yourself.
Valmontcruel
what do you think is the meaning of life if someone does’t have will and strength to live?
I will never laugh at anybody who feels they don’t have the strength to live. Life is very hard. one day, you are born, and you try to live in the best way you can, knowing that death is waiting for you. You want my opinion on the meaning of life?! But still, life is beautiful, magical, and sweet. I would miss every moment of it, if I ever left it.
hungrryghost
hi yoko, what is your favourite colour, and why?
I love all colours.
michelleurbelle
What is your best advice on dealing with the rough times in relationships?
Don’t stick to the rough times. Change the channel.
artemorris
What do you think about “Parallel Universes Theory”? May a “Peace Universe” exist somewhere?
I’m not surprised if there was a Parallel Universe of this one. However, our Parallel Universe can be more evil and dangerous than ours. Our Universe might be the pretty one!
RingosRubies
What’s your favourite possession?
Me. That is, if I own this one.
kaleidosc0pe
You are so pretty and in shape, what is your secret?
There’s no secret.
Johan_Liebert
I have always believed that the world inside our heads is much better, than the real world. What about you, Yoko?
The world inside our heads can be full of fear. Look at the nature around you. Is the inside of your head prettier than that?
BarbiStolatVonG
Who is ‘Instant Karma’ directed at? Anyone in particular?
No. It’s a message to all.
BFIrrera
do you and Sean have any favorite traditions (perhaps, for the holidays)?
We come together, whatever the specific plan may be.
jas1st
Did you feel that the Beatles felt uncomfortable while you were in the room with John during practice?
Do you think I was comfortable?
artdebogallery
Did John ever call you Kato and chase you around as a joke? As he was a fan of Peter Sellers?
No. But we laughed together watching Peter Sellers’ films. Oh, I see. You think he might have done that because I was another oriental? With that theory, I should have gone Heil Hitler to John, since he is white.
MarieHalan
What do you think that things happen just like Haiti’s tragedy? Just,Why it happens? They were poor;now,they have nothing
When you trace it’s history, other countries just took advantage of them, and didn’t help. They didn’t become poor for any other reason.
sposato
What can we do about the crisis in Haiti? I did donate to Oxfam USA, but we all want to know what you think about this.
We just have to keep helping in the way we can, I think.
lulabelldesigns
What inspired you to write the word “YES” at the top of the ladder sculpture over any another word?
I wanted “Yes” in my life which was full of “Nos” at the time.
ACmichaelDC
If the whole world was listening to you, what would you tell them or say to them?
Let’s heal the world together.
csection
Dear Mrs. Lennon, What is love?
It’s what you know to be love.
kbuckp
Is there more to life than this?
This is life. No more no less.
Ted Roy
Did John ever play ukuleles with George Harrison?
He might have in old days.
p_oem
Will u write a 2-line poem with me?
1st line: Through leaded glass .. sunlight in lemonwater
2nd line: poisoned by leaded glass…she floats forever
p_oem
t/f/why: Death is good for the soul.
Because it makes the soul step into its new life
p_oem
Why does understanding increase suffering?
Because suffering increases understanding. It’s the case of the egg or the chicken
kellieerm
How can I help make the world a better place?
By being your natural self – no lies, no hate, only love.
naishkarmya
What kind of act do you take when one of your friend or favorite person looks at you with negative feelings?
Then that person is no longer my favorite.
katemcpeace
I’m 23, poor, directionless but passionate. What’s ur best life advice 4 me? What would u like to see me/my generation do? NAMASTE
We are all poor, directionless but passionate people trying to survive as well as we can before death hits us. Love yourself for it, and maybe others, too.
helabo
what r ur thoughts on labels and the need people have 2 label things n also wear labels of others? what if everything wore label?
Label is an illusion. Don’t be concerned.
rfcury
You always make strong statements through your art. Why are you so affirmative? Are you a “yes” person?
“Yes” is needed when your life is a “no.”
Derfdogdreams
Hi Yoko, if the trees could talk what might they say? If the Sky spoke to you right now what would you hear?
We are the trees, the ocean and the sky. That thought will probably make me smile. But no words are needed from either side.
twitwalk
When you look up into the night sky w/ its zillions of stars (realizing that earth is a spec in the cosmos) what do you wonder?
Have you listened to my song called Spec of Dust? Just wondered…
retrobanks
I wear clown shoes to work, will my immaturity keep me young? It does make it hard to drive however.
You are young without the clown shoes.
OfficialKelley
If you had to relinquish all but two personal material possessions, which two would you choose to keep?
Myself and life as I know it.
Megan315
do you believe that the dead are still with us? if so do you ever wonder if you’re just WANTING to believe it?
It’s possible.
herbal7
DeerEST Yoko, Blessed Be and thank you for your wonderful posts.My question is…have you followed the Tao
Tao just means the way. Am I following Tao or myself? That is a question.
zwitscherrob
We finally make direct contact to an alien civilization. What in your opinion should we ask first? – Thank you 
Would you please love us? We are very needy people. That’s why we are here.
ChrisV71
I like to ask this of bilingual people, if you think of a good idea or when you dream is it in English or Japanese?
Depends.
successfulrebel
Do you feel that feminists are showing weakness if they forgive their mates for infidelity, or are we expecting too much of men?
We should have deep sympathy for all lives on earth. That includes men of our race, as well. But don’t live a life you don’t enjoy.
jjbd
What are your thoughts on Clairvoyants? Have you ever been to one?
We are all clairvoyant. Only some of us know and some of us don’t.
mark_tywharton
I understand you experienced est – have you ever done the Landmark Forum? would you like to come to a guest event?
I don’t have the time.
soLLLLLa
What seperates “mending” from “creating”? Or what’s the relation between those two of our action toward this world?
Keep mending, keep healing, keep creating goodness. That’s what the world needs now.
raphph
Is it possible that we are a form of both creationism and evolution?
Of course!
Blog4NYC
What should be our intention when creating something in order for it to be considered as art?
You should create only if you love to create – with no other intention. If you keep thinking you want your creation to be considered as art by others, you will make yourself sick.
woodcut
Do you believe in God in the traditional sense? If there is, why does it allow so much suffering – human & animal? /Much love.
God is pure energy we draw from when we want to. So much suffering of human & animal is caused by relilgion.
Religion is made by men.
Evilizabeth
Do you believe everyone is their own form of art?
Of course. Only I am not sure if you have to call it a form of art. It’s you. That’s all.
joanhillerd
Hi Yoko, I love you. I am making paintings, and would be honored if you would suggest a theme for one. Thank you for all you do.
Your love?
woody2762
Why have you chosen this time to reunite the Plastic Ono Band?
My son suggested it first. I thought of it then, and I liked the idea.
artemorris
What do you think about “Parallel Universes Theory”? May a “Peace Universe” exist somewhere?
That would be so nice! Just reading your suggestion made me feel better. Thank you.
margueritese
dear Ms Ono , when ( if ) having trouble finding focus , what do u do ? merci !
Don’t force yourself. Wait until love makes you focus.
cthopper
Were you and John aware of Coum Transmissions performance art shows and the birth of Industrial music? What were your opinions?
What’s Coum Transmissions? This is just a rhetorical question. No need to answer.
amemoryisfar
do you watch tv?
I do when I’m really dumb. Reading books stimulates my brain a bit more.
Sienzuf
what music did you listen to in the late 50’s and early 60’s? Jai Guru Dev Yoko
All sorts. All music is interesting.
burtlewi
What do you like most about when it rains?
I love the sound of the rain. Water from the sky that gives your skin a rest from the sun.
UnderwearGods
What is your opinion on institutional art schooling (i.e. Art Colleges)? Do you feel it dilutes the power behind the art?
You can get stimulate from anything… Falling Apple? For some people Art College works, I’m sure. I don’t negate any form of stimulation to creativity.
telerisghost
Why is the “silent revolution” silent?
Because it is more effective.
georgeginis
Hey Yoko, how are you today! Last year you were busy promoting the new album, any plans for a new one this year! gg:)))
Yeah, sure! I take time between one creation and another. The last record was created seven years ago. My daughter was born 1963. My son was born 1975. 12 years between the two…
kavdotcom
Dear Yoko, how did you become to be so wise?
Just when I was thinking to ask the same question. How could I become wiser? So don’t ask me!
mrjosephk
Season of Glass art shocked and offended some, but was it and its ‘glass half full/empty’ statement a form of healing?
I create because I want to be.
SS0125
How do you think the 10th grader Japanese girl would go to a boarding school at NY and live separately with her family for 3 yrs?
How do you think a 77 years old woman lives on earth planet separately from the planet she came from?
tbs_channel
If you have a time machine, what point do you wanna visit and change your life??
I don’t need a time machine. I’m always coming and going from one century to another. I learn from it, and keep changing/enriching my life.
mrjosephk
you and John were at the concert in ricky nelson’s “garden party.” What did you and john think about the audience, and the song?
Were we?
montaeglich
A friend of mine said, it’s harder to get used to ignorance than rejection. How do you deal with ignorance?
Yours or mine?
lorna_08
What advice would you give to a young musician about life and a music career?
Just be glad that you are doing what you love to do. Keep doing for that reason, and no other.
maryvangeilo
Can you imagine a place where words like peace and harmony don’t exist because they are undoubted normality?
Well, I dream of the time in our lives when we would not know the meaning of the word Peace because that is the norm in our society – like air.
rosettamartin
At your retrospective at the Walker, we weren’t allowed to climb the Ceiling Painting ladder. Do you agree with their decision?
I don’t fight when I know I’ll lose!
AyumiWilbury
As a Japanese female avant-garde artist who became famous in America in 1960’s, what did/do you think about Yayoi Kusama?
I love her work.
me_my_and_i
is the tweet an abstract of the twitter network it becomes a part of or is its essence in the twit that it tweets?
I think it’s how birds talk to eachother. Tweet, tweet…
JoanMojica89
I wanna know what was John’s favorite movies to watch? does he like Horror movies, Comedy, etc.
Like me, he liked anything that worked as a film – comedy, tragedy, thriller, documentary. We watched a lot.
JoanMojica89
Have you and John ever taken Sean out for trick or treating? I know this is a silly question but I just wanna know.
It’s not a silly question. But we never took Sean out for trick or treat.
montypython2
Have you seen The Cove and can you help fight the cause?
I’m fighting.
twitwalk
Why are we all such slackers?
Because we want time to dream, too.
Ccami_
Do you believe that some things in life are just meant to be? Like everyone has their own destiny and so on?
It’s possible. But I like to think that I had some hand in my destiny!
benwithaguitar
Yoko, as hard as question may be, what was one of the happiest moments in your life? apart from obviously being with John
I am happy almost every day, unless something makes me angry, and I have to go through a whole cleaning and healing process!
Yobary
How do you get rid of a fear you’ve had your whole life and just can’t shake?
You are a powerful being. You can get rid of anything you don’t like about yourself. The fact that you are sticking to that fear, may have a practical reason for it. May be if you got rid of that fear, you may walk right into the car coming at you. So keep anything you seem to want to keep. You never know.
Yobary
WHY did you sell Tittenhurst Park? The grounds are so staggeringly beautiful. I want to live there!
Well, we were going around the world doing thing we thought were important. One day, we noticed that we were never in our beautiful English house. You watch beautiful grand houses and castles in a movie, and think it must be great to live in them. Well, once you live in one of them, you will notice that it’s a full time job to just keep it going! You don’t want to live in it unless you have nothing else to do.
ctbgirl
There is the only woman in my company’s executive team. This is not good for the future. What do I do for it?
Just enjoy being one and do a good job. Soon enough, the company will give executive positions to more women.
sposato
Do you ever see Alan White anymore? I knew of him with you and John as well as George Harrison before Alan was in Yes.
Not really. Musicians are all so busy doing recording and tours and stuff, we don’t really meet up to say hi.
Jona3an
Hi Yoko. I had the good fortune of interviewing you for Japanzine 3years ago. What are planning with Eric and Klaus?
You’ll see what’s what, when you come to the concert. I hope you are.
koikisan
I wish you were living in Japan, we need you. What is your stance on 女人禁制の大峯山 No women admitted in Mt. Oomine UNESCO site?
It’s a UNESCO site now? I didn’t know.
BeatleChick13
what’s the best way to feel free and relaxed in a busy world?
Don’t forget to dream.
mstut8
Did anyone ever give you a nickname and if yes, what was it?
Wait a second. I first did not realize that this was a dangerous question. But it is. Once I tell you what my nick name was you will start to call me with the nick name, and not my real name. The nick name wasn’t a bad one, but I’m not telling!
ChrisV71
2009 was great for you!! Besides working on your autobiography, what do you hope to accomplish in 2010? ///o-o\\\ ///- -\\\
Chris, that was just a rumour. You know how busy I am now and that I couldn’t possibly think of writing my autobiography. That is, if I would ever. lots of love, yoko
eduardomonforte
Hi Yoko, and thank you for your time. What do you think about the Haiti earthquake and what should be done about it?
Eduardo, We have already published lots of helpines and help websites on IMAGINEPEACE.com HERE so check which one you wish to send your help through. They need all the help we can give.
peterpanpaisley
How do you think we should help out Haiti, in addition to making donations to organizations like Wyclef Jean’s Yele foundation?
In addition to giving monetary help, if you send letters of sympathy and love, I am sure they will appreciate it. They need to know that we care.
Johann Heyss
What do you feel when other musicians cover your songs? Greetings from Amsterdam
I cherish it immensely. It’s nice that they thought of covering my song.
nowhere_girl19
Hi Yoko! I know this is so random but have you ever found Paul Mccartney cute? ‘coz he’s so handsome! 
peace and love
I was in love with John. So for me, no guy came close to how cute John was.
ledubel
What is the most important thing?
To love yourself and the world…in that order.
NewsBruin
What is your favorite place to walk?
I love anywhere that’s nice to walk.
NewsBruin
What did you enjoy most in school?
Daydreaming.
mrjosephk
In 1973, you stated you had never shook John’s hand. Did you ever shake his hand after that? If you did, was it good for you?
We were too much in love to do something formal like shaking hands.
successfulrebel
In your last answer you mentioned that your grandmother was in the feminist movement in Japan. Can you tell us about her work?
She was a typical upper class society woman who was an intellegent, and active wife, as well as a mother of 8 children. Her children have all become brilliant intellectuals, thanks to the upbringing they’ve received from her. I think the life she led as a woman of her statue at the time, made her feel the urgent need in the change of women’s position.
kavdotcom
in your song ‘Winter Friend’ you talk about going to Chinatown for noodle. What noodles do you recommend?
Noodle in that song was a double entendre: noodling and noodle. Any noodling is accepted!
propertysearch1
Hi Yoko, Where is your favourite place in the world?
I have deep love for all places I’ve been to – as they are now part of me.
janebiggin
What would you say to people who still blame you for the break up of The Beatles. How does it make you feel when people say that?
I think they are very unhappy people who needed an scapegoat and chose me as the woman to stone. And for that, I have only become one of the many men and women who have been persecuted unfairly. It was an important education for me. I should be thankful that I was taught such a lesson.
jjbd
I just read the Q&A and found it fascinating & inspiring.Thank you! How can I inspire my children with music & nurture talent?
Your children have received your enthusiasm and love for music while they were in your tummy. Take it from there. In other words, don’t worry. Don’t push it. Let it grow.
teklavu
are you close to your family?
If you are speaking of my son and my daughter, yes.
eriksinanyan
You are such an inspiration to me. What is your advice to other people trying to save the world? Younger people, especially <3
They are saving the world already, by thinking of doing it. And there are many of them. We are very lucky.
helabo
how did u go about creating the gorgeous song “Healing”? it’s simply beautiful on so many levels
I’m happy that you liked it. The way it came to me was, I just had the words “feeling the sand.” I liked that so much, on many levels, I even thought I should make that the title of the CD.
twitwalk
As technology improves, we grow further away from our delicate roots. Can gardening help us reconnect? Or doesn’t it matter?
It all depends on your belief of what matters. But I’ll give you an interesting piece of information in connection to your question: There is a group of insomniacs who walk barefoot on the ground for two to four hours, and cure their insomnia. They get a good sleep after the walk and more.
helabo
can u describe the studio atmosphere when making “Feel The Sand”? I love the experience of listening to that song each day
It was late afternoon, and the evening light was coming in from the front windows.
DJV1973
how do you continue to stay so positive in your life, personally having a hard time doing so at present
Well, pride – as a human being. John comes from Liverpool, I come from Tokyo, but we were both the same way.
In a very trying situation, John would say “Let keep our chins up.” and we did.
soxpup
How do you let go of anger?
By counting my blessings.
ispyeric
What was the inspiration and process behind “Watching The Rain”? It’s such an intriguing and moving song.
That was a song for Sean. I was inspired, actually, by the rain that was running through the field, like Sean’s mind.
2TallTom
What is the story behind the name plastic ono band (why plastic)
As I was aksed to do a show in Berlin before John and I got together, I wanted to use four plastic stands with tape recorders in each one of them, as my band. I told that story to John, and he immediately coined the phrase PLASTIC ONO BAND.
tbs_channel
When you are angry, how do you let somebody know? Or are you stopped being angry?
I get angry all the time. But I know it is not good for my body. or my karma, so I just switch the channel, so to speak.
JackieOhNassis
Dear Yoko, what’s it like to be on the Aquarius-Pisces cusp? Xoxo, Stacy
Very unsettling.
GorbagOrc
What’s your favorite tree and why?
I love all trees. Don’t you? What is there not to love about a tree?
burtlewi
Love or Art?
Love of art, and art of love both live in my heart.
irenekaa
Dear Yoko,do you think John & yourself would have stood the test of time and still be together,had he been around? thnx
Well, Knowing how John was at the time he passed away, I think it’s possible that we would have been realizing his dream, if it weren’t for the fact that something we never imagined happened.
Rolling Stone: Do you have a picture of “when I’m 64″?
John Lennon: No, no. I hope we’re a nice old couple living off the coast of Ireland or something like that-looking at our scrapbook of madness. (from Lennon Remembers)
yeshedrolma
how can we help the US be more like Costa Rica?
It can be – with your help. First Imagine.
successfulrebel
Were you ever oppressed or abused mentally for expressing feminism as you were growing up?
I was born and raised in a very privileged circumstances. My grandmother was an early feminist in the late 1800s. My mother was a painter. But once I went outside, it was a mentally abusive society familiar to us now. Many women are being physically abused and going to the emergency wards of their local hospitals in the States . We tend to think that mental abuse of women is a thing of the past, or something that only happens in what we consider as underdeveloped countries..
tomislav1337
hello yoko. did you hear the galaxie 500 cover of your song listen the snow is falling and how do you like it?
No. I didn’t know that they covered it. That’s great that they covered it. I’m very glad.
erikannyberg
what is your advice for the future generation?
Future generation is me, too. I intend to be there. We are all on the same page, wanting to live in a peaceful world in the future. No advice. Just saying hi, and I love you!
laundryboy
where is your favorite peaceful place?
My mind, when it’s in a good way.
twitwalk
What’s your favorite fact?
The fact that the human race is such an incredible race. We are about to heal the Earth planet, and venture into the Universe.
WearAdornments
What is the best way to create change in the world today & make our world a better and more compassionate environment?
Realization is the key. Very soon we will all realize that it’s more fun to stay healthy and young. One of the ways you can stay young is to be in love with your life and look after what we know to be one world one people.
taylorrtay
Do you think we’re getting closer or further from John’s vision of peace in the past 10 years?
I think we are getting very closer. John probably knows that. You should know, too. Something revolutionarily beautiful is now happening in our world. Only you may not see it yet.
bmbdxt
If your life was a song, what song would it be?
IMAGINE
krustofsky
Hello Yoko Happy 2010, can you tell me a Mantra that you use
Think peace, act peace, spread peace, and imagine peace.
thejuniorleague
Thought about reissuing the 2 1970 Plastic Ono Band records (J/Y) as one set with bonus tracks? Could be cool! Best wishes!
Yeah, some friend suggested the same thing, but I just forgot. Thank you for reminding me. I better think about doing this. yoko
zwitscherrob
John was such a great musician, songwriter and composer. Did he loved classical music? Did he had any favorites?
He listened to classic music on BBC radio in Liverpool. But I don’t think he was too impressed with it.
denygg
someone say to me that anger absorb intelligence. Do you agree?
Intelligence absorbs anger is more like it.
Dan_Bee
How has your outlook on “Art” changed over the years, or has it?
Not really.
chisslerr
How much does Paul’s song “Here Today” impact you and what comes to mind when you listen to it?
I think it is a beautiful, heartfelt song.
BeppyB
Do you believe in predestination?
If everything is predestined, I could still rebel against it and be me. That’s what I think.
Arlenem13
Is anyone on earth more important than anyone else on earth?
For you, it will be.
the_colleys
Has a bird ever divulged to you the secrets of the universe?.. Happy New Year!..
They are. And I’m getting it. Happy New Year to you, too!
heynry
Dear Yoko What happened to the song Hiroshima Sky?
That’s been sent to Hiroshima Radio and they’re playing it every August. Something more could be done about it, but I just didn’t get around to it.
heynry
I admire the way that John loved you, I want somebody to love me so, What you felt when you were with him ?
I loved him, too, you know. It was hard when he was suddenly killed.
PEACENOW_
Do you believe in God? Don’t believe in religion. Appears you live in Love, the essence of true religion. Please explain
I believe in Godliness which is inside and also outside us, but which is not being controlled by one particular religion.
newtagdefs
Yoko what did you and John imagine? Do you still believe it today?
I think John is working outside of his old limited body, and I am working on earth in this body. But we are still together, trying to save this planet from its destruction.
milwaukeefilmex
Yoko what did John and the other Beatles think of Woodstock? Would they have liked to have performed there?
Woodstock was magic. And I feel that the spirit of the Beatles were all there.
iuoma
Yoko, Are you happy? What does hapiness mean to you? – Fluxus Heidelberg Center
Happiness is to know that it was just dropped on your lap- or to know that you created yourself. Both are great happiness.
johnsmadison
would you kindly name a few artists and musicians like yayoi kusama and the boredoms so i can go off and learn more about them?
Well, you should learn about the ones you yourself discovered. Those are the ones you have some karmic connection with.
artemorris
Why do some men feel kindness is a sign of weakness? Why so much fear of blending as a whole universal mixture?
Men are rapidly changing, too. Their wisdom is telling them that the old mode doesn’t work for them. It is bad for their health, anyway. So now, they are wanting to change. Just imagine there are so many mixed couples and mixed blood kids in the schools! It’s the sign of wisdom and love replacing fear and hate.
therealamyzents
Do you think fame made your life easier or harder? Is it something everyone should long for, or do you think it is overrated?
It is what happened to me. I pray that I’ll do my best to the end. But don’t wish for it. Just think what happened to John. And he was a very wise man.
DYREWOLFE
Yoko, Do you think we will make contact with life-forms from other planets in our lifetime?
Definitely. But if you are 100 years old, I’ll think twice about it.
worldmikel
Do you miss vinyl records or their jackets? 45’s? Lp’s?
Yes, yes, yes!
tibettruth
Yoko do you feel an artist should possess ethical responsibilities, or is art beyond such consideration??
We all have responsibilities as living things on this planet. Artists are living things, too.
DYREWOLFE
Yoko, do you and Sean plan a USA tour behind your new record?
We might.
DYREWOLFE
Yoko, what is your wish for the WORLD this New Year 2010?
Let’s stop killing people. Bombing cities, and hating each other. If we kill, they will kill us, too.
DYREWOLFE
Yoko, do you think John would have been Knighted like Paul McCartney?
Remember, John returned his MBE to the Queen. I don’t know how he would feel to be knighted.
DIANAtheMUSICAL
do you think dreams (those of which are formed in sleep) are meaningful or are just things that happened in your day?
They say that the dream you remember after you wake up, is a message to you.
krustofsky
hello Yoko, what is real?
Me, you and the ground we walk on.
helabo
What is your dream for this decade?
I’d like all of us to stay healthy, young and loving.
Sparkle_Boots
Yoko U have always been a highly intellegent lady and I wondered whether this was partily due to a healthly lifestyle? x
In terms of eating: I don’t eat a lot for breakfast. My stomach is still sleeping, so I just have tea or coffee.
I eat light for lunch. A cottage cheese or goat cheese and beets salad. I make sure I don’t clean the plate, so to speak. I just eat as much as I want, and throw away the rest. I tell myself it’s better to drop it in a trash can, than make myself a trash can.
For dinner, I try to eat before 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. Never after that. I eat fish for protein, and cooked vegetables.
In terms of exercise: I take a long quick walk from my apartment to downtown in the village – more than 70 blocks! I do this twice or three times a week, when I am in N.Y. I walk that length in around an hour and twenty minutes, or less. So that’s a good exercise.
I also try to walk whenever I can, and try to walk up a staircase than take the elevator. Notice I’m saying ‘try to.” I don’t always do it 1) because I will be late for my appointment 2) or I’m simply too tired.
With all this, I don’t particularly need heavy exercise. But I do some stretching myself, or go to the gym and do some work when I feel the need or the desire to.
Basically, If I don’t enjoy it, I don’t do it, is my motto. Even giving to charity, I don’t do it unless my heart tells me that I want to do it. And doing it will be my joy. The reason is if it’s not enjoyable, it will make me feel bad. Feeling bad is bad for your health!
I do a lot of relaxing by reading books in between my appointments. Also, on the plane, in a long ride in the car – of more than twenty minutes, I close my eyes and relax.
I hope this helps you. yoko
Lynzerz80
Do you have any advice for a woman who is searching for her higher self? Higher mind? Higher truths? Thank you, Yoko! I love you!
Just be yourself. You help the world by being you, not by wearing a pair of high heeled shoes.
successfulrebel
Do you think that 2012 will herald a new time where humanity honors the divine feminine, and opens their hearts to the Goddess?
We should wish to be needed by the world, not to be given any accolade. An accolade is usually given to one who was useful – past tense.
minmin0807
How would you like to describe of a Japanese poet, Shuzo Takiguchi?
He was a good friend. He was a very sensitive and quiet person. I loved his hidden power and wisdom.
irenekaa
Happy New Year Yoko!!! My question: Even Frank Sinatra had a few….do YOU have any regrets? Irene/Netherlands/Europe
If I did, I don’t remember it now.
jay_lass
I’d love 2 know how to not get discouraged fighting for Gay equality. It feels like we’re going backwards.
That’s because you are relying on the approval of polilticians who represent the majority. The fight, therefore, is doomed to be difficult. Don’t be discouraged, moan or be angry. Just know that it’s a difficult game, and play it with joy. One day you will have a surprise!
artemorris
Happy & Healthy 2010 Yoko. Do you agree on that there R no good nor bad years but good & bad feelings & attitudes?
Yes. you are so right. We should just keep dancing in our hearts.
kaiofalltrades
How pure must the rain be, for us to have clear heaven and crisp white snow? Is Obama the heavenly angel for this task?
We are all angels standing together to create heaven on earth. And we will.
Hairytortiecat
What do you think of Barack Obama? And Happy New Year!! regards, Suzanne (Amsterdam)
He is our brother working for the same thing, but in a different circumstances. Try not to criticise but send him good energy he can use in his difficult situation.
lindacao lindacao
Hey! What do you think about Lady Gaga, do you want to work with her in the future? linda from norway.
I think she is great! I think we are working together already, in the conceptual world.
chjune
In the some past films of you, I saw you were smoking. Now, are you still smoking? I’m worry about your health..
I quit smoking around 1990. Never went back.
thecliks
Did you wake up this morning with a hangover? Happy New Year Yoko.
I only drink water, sparkling water, tea, and coffee.
montaeglich
Dear Yoko, Happy New Year! Have you taken a (unique) New Year resolution to welcome the year 2010?
I just want to have a great year, without too serious a problem.
cabaretcaitlin
Whats your favorite angry war protest music?
I don’t have one. I believe in pursuading without anger… like the song IMAGINE.
JenniferPage1
When U met John U had a “little piano”. How many years did U study, or what kind of things could U play? Do U still play now?
These days, I only play when I get a song in my head – without any frills. I use to play piano pieces by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and accompaniments for german lieder, Italian operatic arias and French chansons to sing along with them.
twitwalk
If women had more control of the world, how would things change for the better? Why do men seem to cause so much more grief?
I think we should give a rest to the guys. They certainly need it. Give us, women, a few decades or a century. After that, we should go fifty/fifty. The guys who were sitting and watching us women do the job, will then be in a position to come in again with their new wisdom. Our planet will need all the energy we can muster to deal with other planets of the Universe, successfully. So we’ll do it together – woman and man.
glynnifer
“Half Kenneth” made me wonder about the forgotten history of Japanese Americans during WWII and how u think we can honor them?
It might be very timely to do that when all the big countries are confronting a similar problem now in how to differentiate the dealings of terrorists and average people of certain religion and race.
MissLido
What has been the greatest blessing about aging?
The fact that you become wiser to life.
mstut8
What are your plans for 2010? Thanks and have a Happy New Years!
I just have a plan to have a great year. I don’t know what that would mean. You have a good year, too!
rjdonadee
Does dust evolve?
I think I was once a pretty dust:)
danhattan
Where would you sit by the shore of the Hudson when NYC felt like Liverpool?
The docks.
SanjaPeric
dear Y do you know astrology? your chart tells me that you are the real soulreader. btw, is 20:30 your true birthtime? peace
If I was, I didn’t know.
jackwhalen
What happens when we actually achieve world peace? What is our mission then?
Don’t be afraid of what happens when we actually achieve peace. Let’s first get it, shall we?
Dyanorama
Do you believe we all have a soulmate?
Yes. But it can be plural.
burtlewi
I’m 18 years of age and im discovering myself, i have so many options and so many passions i don’t know what to do. I’m going through a period of change and i was wondering if you had any advice on how i get through this?
You get through it regardless. It’s probably not up to you, but your destiny. Try to become 19 without adding any trouble you don’t have yet.
be47
how will a just and peaceful world be organized, structured?
Nobody is waiting for us to organize or structure. It just happens as a result of how we are.
Sharaoke
I’ve long been fascinated by Ceiling Painting. Does the “YES” mean anything different today from when you initially conceived it?
Yes is still yes.
heynry
Dear Yoko… It´s true that you hate Paul McCartney.?.. How is your relation with him?
I don’t hate him. We don’t hate each other. We are both busy people who know not to waste our energy on silly emotions.
nanaykrung
what do u think of the (still) persisting Paul is Dead hoax??
It will be alive as long as you keep on talking about it.
AlexPlante
do you make greeting cards?
I do, and send them
AvisPhlox
I love every being, but why do some fear “I love you” & think “its too soon”? PS: I love you, & I’ve never met u. =)
You don’t have to take care of other people’s feelings. Just know your feelings… though that, too, is not easy.
chisslerr
what is your GREATEST memory of John? He was the best!
Yes. He was the best. Anything else?
lawrasaur
How have you managed to stay so strong all these years? You’re an amazing woman.
I am not a strong person. The universe is structured in a way to give power to the meek.
louis_louis_66
Hello Yoko – Happy New Year to you – What is your greatest wish for 2010?
That we will stop destroying beautiful cities and maiming and killing innocent people and children.
brel1954
Is there any chance you’ll give a concert in Holland in 2010?
I would love to do it. Let’s see if we can make it a reality.
beketaten
What do you do when you are afraid?
I’ll try to do something that will take me away from the fear. Doing the mantra/meditation, is a good one, as well as changing the channel of the TV you might have been watching!
valperiepal
Do you consider yourself a religious person?
There are many things I believe in, but that does not include religion.
NRYC
What are your favourite documentary films? and Happy New Year, hope it’s a year of good health and inspiration. Love, N.
There are so many good documentary films, these days, I can’t list it just now. The ones that are good, are the ones telling us how it is in our society.
x_alt
Je danse: donc, je suis. I dance therefore I am. …will you dance with me?
I am dancing with you now:)
x_alt
Is “Manifestation” tragic or comic?
Just beautiful. Is beauty tragic or comic? Neither, I think. Beauty is in a totally separate category from tragedy or comedy.
x_alt
Yoko, is there anything which is not “dance”?
I wouldn’t know, since I am always dancing?
trenchy2008
When you look into the sunset, what do you see?
Beauty.
yappyjap
What is your wish for the world in this new decade?
That we will all become oasis for the world, and rejuevenate, revitalize and heal the world.
kavdotcom
Hey Yoko, what kind of shampoo do you use?
I use herbs. Nothing that has chemicals in it.
twitwalk
Do you think there is a value to naming the decades? Example: Fifties. Sixties. Seventies. Eighties. Nineties. Oughties? Tensies?
You don’t have to do it in numbers. How about dawn, morning, daytime, early afternoon, late afternoon, early evening, late evening, early night, late night, midnight, after midnight? (go back to dawn.) You can do it with names of animals/ flowers/season/trees/colours…
UnderwearGods
I wonder, will a message’s meaning be better heard either if it is spoken louder, or if it is spoken more often?
Louder is a no, no. It makes people feel you’re noisy. They shut their minds to it. Repeated information can work. But that, too, you have to give space between the repeats.
william_benton
What have you been listening to lately? Any favorite bands/artists?
I’m listening to the wind.
ko_champ
what’s “equality” like eventually? Can we see the world where people live equally? Hoping you a Happy new year 2010
We are all different, and through the differences each one of us desires something different. So equality cannot be a forced equality. It should be just giving people the freedom to be equal, if they wanted.
ko_champ
why are you always so positive? For what? Have you ever met anything that discourages you from being positive?
My life is full of discouragements. I think of everything that comes to me as a challenge and/or a blessing. It give you energy to meet a challenge. It gives you wisdom to figure out the blessing. Discouragement is only a fertilizer for growth.
UKGovquotes
With the reality that oil will run out, water and food shortages as the population increases, do we begin population control?
I don’t think we know too much about what to do. Already, this year, we discovered that there has been so much oil discovered on this planet that the oil people are concerned that the price of oil will go down unless they control the production of it.
tbs_channel
Bed or Futon? Which do you like better? Why??
I like both of them if the mattresses are in the right condition for me.
zwitscherrob
Happy New Year to you and Sean. Peace and love for the new decade. Will you write or tape your memoirs this decade?
I would love to do it. I just have to find the time.
tbs_channel
How do you think Ryoma Sakamoto boom in Japan? Do you think we need him because Japan is in very tough situation right now??
Japanese were into being faux Western. Now, they want to remind themselves about the beauty of the Japanese spirit.
GorbagOrc
If you could do one thing to save our planet and one thing only, what would you do, and why?
Ask People to express their love, for whatever they love.
ctbgirl
I ate OSECHI with my family today. Did you eat someting special on New Year’s Day?
In fact, I had some osechi with my family, too.
Hairytortiecat
Suppose you were allowed to sing only one more song, which one would it be? With best wishes Suzanne (Amsterdam)
I will sing many, many songs and call it one song.
what, in your opinion, is the greatest work of art of the 20th century?..
All works of art.
bonostph
what do you think about the work Bono is trying to do in africa?
Anything that’s done to make life better in Africa is fine by me.
cotinsuspense
Yoko, what would you like for the new year?
Clarity and love.
jesmmifs
what’s the best Christmas present you can ever receive?
I cherish every little gift I receive now which has a scent of love in it, however faint.
danthewineman
Does the fact that war still rages mean that we want it to? its over if you want it are we wanting hard enough love Daniel
Are we people who LOVE war? Many times in history, we were conditioned by our governments to get excited by the war we were in at the time. So we can still be conditioned to get excited by well-versed propaganda of war, and very well-made war films.
But just remember that is not reality. That it is only words of propaganda, and/or very effective films and posters. The people who actually went to war, all speak about how they didn’t like being in war. It was not exciting, but scary.
However, when we think of war, we only think of what we saw in the films. Most probably a film in which we were the victor, and we think it wasn’t so bad.
Change our vision and the world will follow us.
UnderwearGods
What peace can come from knowledge?
All peace starts with the knowledge of peace. One day, we will not have the word peace because the world will be so peaceful. They will not say “it’s a peaceful world” or anything. They will just say “the world is how it has always been and it is.”
tandmark
What artistic creation of yours are you proudest of? Some specific artwork, or piece of music, or …..?
I’m not counting yet… One of the reasons is that I know I’m not proudest of just one. I am sure I have a few I’m proud of. Also, how about the ones I’ll be creating in the future?
The one I did for Gallery 360 this December is one I am proudest of now.
lorna_08
Any quirk about John you could share with a big fan of his?
John was very particular about how to make English Breakfast Tea. He told me that you are supposed to put the tea bag in first and the hot water over it, so the tea would not get cold. I thought it was logical, and followed it for quite a few years. When I made a mistake and put the tea bag in after the hot water, he would recognize it. In early 1980, he told me that that was not how you were suppose to make tea at all! Mimi over the phone, just told him that the tea bag was to be put in after the hot water was in. We had a laugh. Just shows you how meticulous he was about everything, how he didn’t mind confessing to me that he was wrong, and how we laughed a lot.
gail_h
You look very youthful. What’s your secret?
When I’m down, I feel sick and think something is definitely wrong with me physically. So it’s to do with my outlook of life that effects my health. Most of the time, I am very, very thankful that I am still alive and excited by the new knowledge I receive every day from just living in this crazy world! I know many things are going wrong. But I also see the wisdom and resilience of the human race. Quite a race, we are. And let’s not forget the grand beauty of this planet. It impresses me every day.
GYR8
I had a dream about John Lennon last night. I hugged him and thanked him for the music. do you dream of John as well?
I do.
successfulrebel
How does a non conformist woman keep her spirits up in a world where women are often considered as less important than men?
I think what we think of women is more important than what others may think of us. I think of women with pride and dignity. I think we are hot! We are the hottest! And we will prove it by the miracles we create for the world. They need us.
alana_gabrielle
how do you propose the USA withdraw from Iraq/Afghanistan while still leaving the countries as intact & able as possible?
We should trust in the wisdom and power of the indigenous people. We are like the parents. Do we think we know what to do, better than the people of the country? Just give them a chance. What they do may be very different from what we think should happen. But be patient. What we need is not to meddle but have sympathy and love for whatever they come up with and do.
tnishin
Do you have a nice bowl of Ozoni on New year day? Do you agree with me that it can be a big hit Japanese food after Sushi/Ramen?
I’m not stopping you from introducing Ozoni. Why don’t you try? Just get a good insurance for people who die from swallowing Mochi, too fast!
grannysantiques
What can we, the adults of the world do to get the youth more involved in a peace movement?
Have fun with it. Do it with joy. After all, we are seeing a land of plenty and peace which will come as a result of what we do. So why look so serious? Dance with it. If they see that we are having fun, they will certainly want to try it for themselves. Change your way of thinking, and the world will follow you.
OohWeeMayne
How do you feel about Corporate America’s affect on the way we live ?
Corporate America is a monster we have created and are allowing to exist. Instead of building it into a monster that it is, shed light on it, and make the whole world realize what it is. Then and only then, will it not have any ill effects on the way we live.
murderevolution
what was the atmosphere when you and John Lennon created Revolution 9?
We were very aware of the fact that we were part of the Revolution, and wanted to wake up the world.
peterpanpaisley
What is the single biggest/most serious problem you think we currently face as a global society?
Unconditional greed and insensitivity to the concept of the global society.
lineswithin
Was John Lennon a vegetarian?
I’d say he was a macrobiotic, if anything.
clayfisher
Do you support creation of a U.S. Presidential cabinet position Secretary of Peace suggested by Dennis Kucinich?
I respect Dennis Kucinich’s suggestion. But I am suspicious of how the Secretary of Peace could get around the pressure from the war provocateurs. In the end, we, the people, must stop being couch potatoes, stand up and create the biggest confrontation to ask for a country of PEACE not war.
MatSiInTheCity
do you think peace can happen as long as there are religions?
I think religion is being used as an excuse. I don’t believe those warmongers are religious people. Start to visualize the situation for what it really is. Then we’ll get somewhere.
peterpanpaisley
What would your perfect day look like?
I don’t strive for a perfect day. I am thankful if the day does not have any disasters. That’s a good day for me.
OohWeeMayne
What’s your thoughts on the world after the 60’s revolution?
We made some major mistakes: sexism and drugs.
peterpanpaisley
What would you say your spirit animal is?
Dragon
montaeglich
Dear Yoko, are you going to re-release the Onobox, containing 105 Onosongs, in the future?
I might.
MallagoliMarco
What do you think about Beatles fans from the first generation, today?
I have the warmest feeling for them. I hope they stay alive, healthy and young.
OohWeeMayne
what do you think of todays alternative culture, i.e hipster, hippie, bohemian, etc.
Alternative culture is always great! it keeps the mainstream alive, like they are the fire to light the mainstream.
OohWeeMayne
how do you feel about the this generation youth (20’s) activism compared to your generation
I don’t separate the two. I think I am just as responsible of what is going on now. We are all trying to do our best. It is not so easy this time around, since the opposition is getting stronger, too. But we are trying.
ctbgirl
I think that winter is the season for dry skin and chapped lips. How do you treat your skin during the winter months?
I have chapped lips, once in awhile. But my skin, otherwise, is the same as other seasons. They are in pretty good condition. What I am trying to say it, I don’t do much for my skin, anytime. I like that it is natural.
wafflepuncher
Do still feel just as strong towards having peace as you did when you were younger?
Yes. of coruse. I’d say, even more.
tbs_channel
What is your funniest story to make people laugh? Tell us some!
I don’t have one. I seem to make people laugh without trying!
ctbgirl
I watched the TV show ‘Kinsma’. Very peaceful msg made me feel warm & fuzzy inside. Wonderful Xmas present from you & John. Thanx.
I’m glad you liked Kinsma. thank you for watching.
zwitscherrob
Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year 2010 (and decade!) to you and Sean. Do you keep a personal diary? Did John?
We did and we didn’t. Mine was immediately stolen and auctioned off. That was long time ago, and I never wanted to write a diary after that. Johns’ were stolen, too. But most of them were retrieved.
MGMarts
What makes you happy Yoko? I mean, not just any happiness…The one when you feel warm in your heart & feel complete…Merry Christmas Yoko! Love from Hungary, Marianna
I feel very good when it’s a good day with a great blue sky. Grey sky is not bad, either. I love all weathers, actually. And weather is my criteria for happiness. I am a pretty sad/hppy person. Sad when I think of the past, and happy when I think of what I can make of the future.
ChrisV71
Sean’s Twitter comments make me lol. Has he inherited his father’s witty charm as well as musicality? Can he draw too?
He is good at music, and art. He draws wonderfully. Better than me or John. Yes. he is witty as well. It’s a wonder how he’s got it all from his parent and has more as well. Sean’s website is
here.
GetWhatUGive
How can new technologies be used 2 engage young people and focus their energy toward social and political concerns?
We can do it without any technology: make a social climate of being hip to put your energy towards social and political concerns. it’s getting there, as we speak!
icallhimzimmy
do you believe in reincarnation?
Don’t you?
tweetDtweet
What is your greatest strength? Your greatest weakness?
My greatest strength is believing in me. My greatest weakness is not believing in me.
WITHIN__YOU
What do you do when you really miss John?
I just miss him. If I kept sticking my head in the fridge each time I miss him, I would be a balloon!
Umecco5
Which flavor of icecream do you like??
I like most ice creams. That’s the reasson I don’t eat them.
jjanetm
What was it like for you growing up and who or what has influenced and shaped you the most?
Yeah, right! Read my next book, which will be written in five years or so. yoko
asnicosmile
What is your most impressive event in 2009? Always thank you for sending peaceful words
Every day was impressive. What a year it has been!.
Sparkle_Boots
How have u managed to be such a true humanatarian and a great ambassador for mankind? You are Truely Amazing Best Wishes
I’m not so amazed since I know a lot I missed doing, and know so much I have to do for next year. Thank you for your sweet words. I appreciate it. yoko
vemagni
What do you like most about Iceland, and how does it inspire you?
There are so many things i like about Iceland. Some can be named, some just can’t. It’s like a person you love. Can you list all the things you love about the person? Sometimes, words are not enough. Icland is sitting in a very special place in my heart. If you are an icelander, you are a very lucky person to call that beautiful island, your country.
MissLido
What has been the greatest blessing about aging?
That you have an accute sense of having come a long way and looking forward to another fifty years of loving.
beednis
Dear Yoko, do you ever feel that your life is impersonal? How do you solve that feeling, if so?
I think of my life as very, very personal.
jrd_henson
Yoko, what do you say to those who refuse to help in achieving world peace because they don’t know who they’re helping?
I don’t think there are people who don’t want to help because they don’t know who they are helping! Well, that’s a new one on me. It’s obvious that they will be helping themselves to live without fear. They will be helping their loved ones, too, to have many decades of good fun on this planet.
sfhome1451
As a mother of a boy what lessons did you, or wish you did, teach him about women?
I don’t remember ever teaching my son about women. But he did get a lot of hint from what John and I said in songs and in statements, I’m sure. However, we were not the only ones. Sean is very current in his knowledge about what’s going on now and what was going on in the past in women’s movements. Most girls tell me how he is above average in his sensitivity towards women’s situations in our society.
LadyLotusEtsy
what do you think will happen on Dec. 21, 2012?
I think it’s already happening. Slowly, but surely, we are changing for the better. What will happen, if anything, in 2012, is our acute awareness of the big change we have made and will.
namefactory
What do you think will happen to earth and us on the year 2012. Will be the “apocalyse” for real?
I don’t think apocalypse is what’s waiting for us in 2012. Prediction is a very delicate thing. Most psychic knows that once you make a public prediction, it tends to not happen. The reason is, that particular predicction becomes a reality in many people’s minds already, once it’s announced. And it becomes difficult for it to manifest as a reality again.
helabo
last nite I dreamed I was asking u alot of questions in a short period of time but when I woke I just wanted to say thank u
Oh! Thank you! yoko
fyrestorme
what’s your favorite song to listen to when you just “need” a smile?
old Indian, indian music. I love it’s life energy. It makes my heart dance.
lee_thomas_
Yoko, i would just like to know if you had any input in the lyrics of ” julia”
I was there.
jseago
do you think John would have voted for Obama, and what do you think John would think of Obama’s first year in office?
I think John would have felt the same way as I have. Let’s give him a chance. We don’t have a choice in the matter either, you know.
amberindiegirl
What’s more important, peace or love?
I don’t know how to answer this one. They are both important. But if you insist on this question, I’d say LOVE. Only because we don’t have much choice now, but to die holding love in our hearts, that is, if we were ready to go…..
Mary Stuckenschneider Loudermilk
Yoko, how do you truly feel about where humanity is headed? Frightened? Hopeful? We have hurt both the earth and one another for so long – is it too late?
I try to stay healthy and young. And wish for my family to be, too – knowing that what all of us do and think becomes our future. If a lightening strikes me tomorrow and takes me away, that’s how it will be. But meanwhile, I am just glad that I am alive experiencing this beautiful planet.
Caitlin Kraus
what are your opinions about death, about an afterlife, or whether there is one at all?
My answer to Mary Stuckenschneider Loudermilk above, is my answer to you, too.
Jeff Peeling
It could be argued that the music world at large has finally begun to catch up with what you were doing musically at the end of the sixties. Today, artists like Hijokaidan, Diamanda Galas, Sonic Youth, Lydia Lunch and Melt Banana cite you as an influence and/or mirror what you were doing in your music. Are you aware of these artists and what are your feelings about what they are doing? Additionally, do you feel a sort of vindication that your music seems to be gaining a wider sphere of appreciation these days?
I’m just very thankful that I haven’t moved on before seeing my music getting around.
Kerry Hammond
did you ever make Paella with Salvador Dali?
Dali was a sweet friend to both John and me. It’s sad that he is not around anymore.
Linda Attwater-Sheen
Where do you see yourself in 2010?
On planet Earth.
successfulrebel
What do you think the biggest obstacle is that non conformist women face in their pursuit of success?
Themselves.
smokeyblue
What gives you comfort for the loss of a loved one? I’ve just lost my grandmother.
That they are still with us, in us and outside us, and they have been freed from their earthly sufferings.
TheTecnoMan
I think that John & Paul needed each other and influenced themselves not only as musicians but as persons too. Your opinion?
I am sure you are right.
Lady_Sherlock
What sort of effect do you think the newsmedia has on the public’s view of war, peace and those who are actively seeking peace?
Media must sell the story. That is the bottom line. So if majority of the world would voice their preference for Peace, they will, too. It is not a question of to what extent the media can manipulate us, it is a question of how much effect we can give them.
ctbgirl
What’s your most impression while you’re in Japan this time.
I loved being there. It was a surprised to me how much I related to the people of the new japan. I always thought of myself as the Robin Crusoe who just wandered in the land of the rising sun. No. I am finally feeling very comfortable visiting Japan.
ispyeric
Japan has both rich tradition and sprawling urbanization/technology. When did you first become aware of this paradox?
That paradox begin before I was born. Japan was in a three hundred year isolationism under Shogun Tokugawa. When the Meiji Emperor took over around the end of the 19th Century, and announced the opening of the country to the West, many people were very nervous about it. So he said it was going to be WAKON YOHSAI. And attempted to relax the opposition. WAKON – is Asian Soul. YOHSAI is Western Technology. He was telling the people that we will not be losing our soul, and it was a pragmatic move to adopt Western technology. If you have the chance to visit Japan, you will see rows of beautiful Western style building built in that period in the big cities.
ctbgirl
The new year is almost here. Have you decided your 2010 resolution? (or don’t you need it?)
I say
my affirmation every morning before I start the day. I don’t think there is anything to add to that.
ryanpartelow
How do you respond to critics who say that you “broke up the Beatles?”
I think it is sad that they still think that. But I have never responded to their accusation, simply because it was not true.
wiccan13
do you see yourself performing more often and if so what cities would it be in? peace and truth will always win hugz
The cities will be decided by many outside reasons, one of which will be the weather of the place at the time.
retrobanks
Do bananas scream with pain when you peel the skin off from the bottom first?
Ask the bananas. Some radical left bananas will say no, of course. yoko
MissQuickley
What do you advise to emerging artists in the face of a world that dismisses the arts? Being Yoko helps in being taken seriously.
Being me did not help to being taken seriously. Even now, the number of people who even know that I am an artist is very, very small. It is inspirational and encouraging to know that some people know my work.
I think it is better to concentrate on what you do as an artist, than to pursue acceptance from the world. It’s a waste of time to concentrate your energy on that. The acceptance will come when they need what you have produced or be amused enough by your work in the boredom of their lives. Keep your pride and dignity as the giver, and not a taker. As the giver, we are creating the future of our world.
Samantha Wiltshire
Did you find your relationship with John Lennon detrimental to your reputation as a conceptual artist?
No. I am an artist who love any new stimulation in life which always gives me great inspiration. Constant and great inspiration. So imagine what John and my relationship was like? It was beyond fantastic. Yes. I got the flack and lost a lot of credit as an artist, probably…in this miserablly dumb world. I didn’t much care about that. I was tuning into the radio of the sky and the Universe.
Samantha Wiltshire
Do you think people assumed you were only recognized as an artist because of your high profile partner?
Yes, yes, yes. But there are worse thing in life than that.
Samantha Wiltshire
Did you find it easier or harder as an artist to be creative in your own right while married to Lennon?
No. On the contrary. I was very creative, day and night. John said in some interview that I was an artist who had diarreah of ideas. Maybe it was a bit exhausting for anyone who were around me. But ideas were coming to me like tsunami, and I couldn’t keep it in.
Samantha Wiltshire
How do you view female artists?
There are still difficulty of being a woman in any field. Because it is still a male society. But we’ll get around it. If we come up with ideas they need to use, they will. Men are very pragmatic that way…or shall I say, the world is? You may not get much credit for what you do, but you get the pleasure of knowing that you have done something for the progression of the society, or, if you are an artist, for the art world. It’s very similar to our role of having kids. Mothers’ role in this society is a painful one. You don’t get properly credited or assisted. But we have the pleasure of knowing that we created miracles called the future of the human race.
Samantha Wiltshire
Do you regard yourself as a feminist?
I regard myself as a woman. And for a woman in this society, we have no choice but to be a feminist first, and sympathizer of men second. I say this, because I know that many men who are still sane, are all suffering, too, in many ways. Give them understanding and sympathy.
Samantha Wiltshire
What do you think of your reputation?
Which one?
DenkGestoert
Dear Mrs Ono! What is your advice for us for the new year? What will be the most important thing to pay attention for? Thank you.
Believe in yourself. Stay healthy. Stay in love with your life. All of what you do is changing our Universe for the better. Every little thing you think and do, effect our world and is making it better. Know that we appreciate that. And keep catching our vibration of love to you. 2010 will be a great year for you.
geknana
Dear Mrs Yoko, what are you favorite books about peace?? I may want to read it too, thx =)
The book about peace is in your heart. Listen to your heart, and you will know what to do.
geknana
Dear Mrs Yoko, thx 4 answering my question b4 =). for you, what is P.E.A.C.E stands for, n what about L.O.V.E ? 
(abbreviation)
LOVE AND PEACE is our statement for 2010.
flowerdragon
When are we going to put the sky back together?
When you want to.
rjdonadee
How did someone find out that the silkworm spins silk?
the human race is an incredible race. We find new things about this Universe every day.
Permoai
What to do to be loved by my dearest ?
Love your dearest. You will be the only one who love your dearest like that, and the dearest will finally notice it. But do you love your dearest so much? I think you should give that love to someone who deserves it, If I were you.
MrCoolDude
its not a question i’m just saying happy Christmas and a happy new year
Oh, thank you. I am all ready for the new year!
iangordoncraig
Are there unreleased Plastic Ono Band John songs you would work on now like the Beatles did in Anthology?
When I get to it. I don’t think that will be in the near future.
mauriciocaires
What do you think about legalize the ilicity drugs to decrease the violence?
Depends on which drug, and when.
AndiWe
Which spot in the world do you find most peaceful?
I feel most peaceful in many spots in the world. it just my nature to enjoy the beauty of the spot, which ever spot it may be.
BrendaGracia
What’s 3 things you’re good at?
I don’t know. I enjoy doing things not necessarily thinking I’m good at it.
tbs_channel
If you have a time machine, what era do you wanna go & whom do you wanna meet? Caesar?
Why Ceasar? He is not a very evolved person, is he? I would not want to waste my time having a small talk with a macho guy in the past. We have plenty of them now. I would rather meet somebody who would be alive 100 years from now.
vhlazz
Why we failed in Copenhagen? Are we underrepresented?
Don’t judge a situation from half knowledge. Everything is a blessing in disguise. Be patient.
DenisseMorris
Having had a twin soul in your life, do you still feel his presence, and in what ways?
He is always there.
youtomama0307jp
according to Japanese news,”museum of John Lenon” at saitama, it might not be renewal of a contract next year. really?
Everything that happens is a blessing in disguise. You will be glad of the future of JLM. yoko
tbs_channel
What is your favorite sun glasses?
I love many.
Dominic Catalano
I was just wondering: Why wasn’t Paul McCartney at the unveiling of the Imagine Peace Tower?
He had a very difficult courtcase.
rokrat
What is the best Christmas gift you have ever received?
I appreciated all xmas gifts which had love shining on it.
justsandravilla
Hey yoko! Will you ever come to Spain? I would love it. I have the “War Is over” poster on my Christmas tree!
It’s not as though I have never been to Spain, you know. I even did about three shows in their lovely cities. You didn’t know? I would not mind another visit to Spain. It’s a beautiful country and beautiful people.
BrendaGracia
What’s the best and the worst thing about being yoko ono? Do you enjoy the popularity?
It made me smile that you thought I was enjoying my popularity. Does that mean I am popular?
BrendaGracia
what’s the most reasonable reason to be a vegetarian?
It’s very easy on your body. But you have to allow your instinct to decide what you want to eat and when. Trust your instinct. Don’t be swayed by what you read. Your body knows what’s it wants. That’s what you need.
DionneNoelle
Hi Yoko! I hope you are having a wonderful Holiday season!! Could I ask you a big favour??
My oldest sister Nicole ‘Nikki’ is coming in for Christmas this year and I am SO excited!! I was wondering if you could please leave me a message for her through my Twitter? Even just a Hello! It would mean SO much & make her SO happy, I know that she would feel so special!!
I hope you are doing well and Thank You So much for following me on Twitter, I am honoured! Wishing you the best this Christmas!! Peace and Love xoxo
Hi, Nicole! Have a great time with visiting your sister. I also wish you a happy 2010. Love, yoko
theoohlas
hey yokoono, we covered Merry Xmas (War Is Over)! we love you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Z7e-o_t-A
Great! Thank you. I hope you had fun. Lots of love, yoko
STAR13R
Hi Yoko! In your heartfelt hope for World Peace does it upset you that so many people can’t seem to see beyond tomorrow?
When we did the bed-in, we were so upset that the world did not stop the war right away after. Remember, if you change, the world will change, too. It just takes a little more time than you expect. I’m with you. Love, yoko
Lucas1962
Dear Yoko. Is 8 december for you a day of mourning or a day of hope? Dearest regards, Lucas
I went through it – with tears and laughter. It made me remember little things John and I did together. That was hard. But the Tribute Concert went so well. That was great! I sung YOUR HANDS. I haven’t sung that song for oh… decades. yoko
hiapop
How has this week been? Good memories? Sad thoughts?
Victory! But extreme aggravations were there like the other side of the coin.
yukamama
what did u think of Obama Nobel Peace award speech? I’m upset, wondering what we can do w/people justifying war.
We have to be very patient, and very, very supportive. After all, he’s the only one we have. Pulling his legs at this point is not going to do any good for us.
elinelundfj
What do you think John would’ve thought about the war in Afghanistan? And what would he think about the troops and Obama?
I would have told him the same thing: let’s be patient and very supportive. I don’t know if he would agree with that!
milwaukeefilmex
what do you think John would think about how Obama is doing?
I know that throwing stones at him is not going to get us anywhere. I think Obama is doing what he can do at this time. If he could do anything else, he would be doing it.
yoshxl
what does Pres. Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize win mean to you?
It is good that he received it. If he didn’t, the world would have thought that he “rejected peace.”
geknana
Dear Mrs.Yoko, again my basic question, for you what is the meaning of peace? thx. waiting for your reply, In peace geknana
Peace is what each one of us create. We have to be the ones to create it.
ford_d_west
what are your own practices for keeping yourself in PEACE xo
I don’t have a good recipe for it. I just tell myself how lucky we are that we are still here.
tama001
The Kanji that reflect this year’s Japanese social condition is “新（new, neo-）”. What is your one character of your this year?
I will tell you before the end of the year.
veadairavani
What, if I may ask, is your faith?
Faith in people. Faith in the human race.
LauraWiski
If you could say one thing to anyone, anywhere, who would it be and what would you say?
I’d like to say to all people I admire them/us for doing our best.
sayck
what’s your favorite sound?
A sound of cooing – a bird, a baby, a moon-lit night?
newsgeek
Dear Yoko, what are your favorite “comfort” foods and why?
Sweets. Tell me why I love them, and I’ll quit!
abirdseyeview
Is there a specific photograph that especially has sentimental meaning to you? What is it, and what does it mean to you?
I love the one of John and Sean in Rozanso, a coffee shop in Karuizawa (a summer resort in Japan.) I keep going back to it. They are both looking so good!
geknana
Mrs. Yoko if you would make a school for peace what kind of principles that you will emphasize??
That we should learn to love and respect ourselves.
TubbyTitWitch
Hi Yoko. Your name has 4 letter ‘O’ in it. Was John a good cook?
Yes. He was! This is fun! yoko
ultimaesperenza
When was the last time you got really angry? What did you do about it?
I was upset, not angry. There is a difference you know. If you are upset, you are not being angry at any specific person. You are just upset about the situation. If you are angry, you usually have somebody you are angry at.
purpleaneaters
If you could live as a character from any book, who would it be and why?
I barely have time to live as me. Why should I try to be some character in a book?
ericap0128
Do you believe in happily ever after?
Like with some guy? No. I am happily ever after now, being lucky enough to be single.
getagrip1
yoko, what would the music industry be like today, if john was still with us? “Don’t let me down” is my favorite song
I think John’s work have always kept the industry jumping. Look at what’s happening to the Beatles’ remasters? They are jumping now, and John is probably jumping happily.
Imamusicmonster
Yoko what is your favourite ALBUM from start to finish and why lol sorry that’s two but I NEED to know hope alls well
My favorite album is DOUBLE FANTASY, and the reason is the theme of the album helped many men and women, and is still helping.
BeppyB
What is on your personal “Bucket List”?
Nothing. I like to take it as it comes…not have a list.
culturalwisdom
What is your opinion on basic income policies, both morally and economically?
I am probably one of the last few people who believe in capitalism. But I do. Just give us women double of your salaries and we’ll shut up:)
Elfiem
Do you think that citizen’s income (an income paid by the state to everyone) could combat poverty?
No. It will only make the rich ones leave the country, and the poor ones become lazy.
gk_tany
What kinds of song did John ordinary sing, such as ‘HANA UTA’ in Japanese, when he felt good?
When he felt good, I saw him smiling, but not singing.
ctbgirl
Thanks for signing your latest book today. I was happy to hear that you said my name. It’s raining here in Tokyo. How do you spend time during rain? Do you have any memories of the rainy day with John?
There was a long week in Karuizawa, when it never stopped raining. John made some beautiful collages during that time.
Mr_headphones
Why do you think the revolution of the 60’s & 70’s failed,& what needs to be done differently during the next wave?
We are not waiting for the next wave. We are busy creating a silent revolution now. If you don’t know it, still, you should know that you are part of it.
j5randolph
what do you think the next revoloution will be like?
It is called the silent revolution and it’s happening now.
ebayoan
we want you here in Puerto Rico… there’s any possibility?
Send a note to my office when you are wanting that to happen.
NicTaLife
Did you kind of have a feeling that Sean and Julian would go into music like their father?
Yes.
PossiblyPeter
I’m at Sarah Lawrence, and opposite the library there’s this awesome abstract sculpture that everyone says you built. did you?
I don’t remember. But if I saw it, I might.
xCocoHoneyx
in one sentence, what would you say is the definition of perfect love?
What you dream of.
thestylehive
Where any of your hats Halston, particularly the iconic white one?
It could be. I haven’t looked.
Nitrobezene
do you attend Paul or Ringo’s concerts at times?
Yes. I definitely do.
madamemuffin
when did you first feel your art made a difference on this planet? advice for fledgling creatives?
They may have made a difference much earlier, but who am I to know. So, fledging creatives, don’t get too discouraged. Somebody was sure to be there before you.
chris_noland
Have you ever lived anywhere that you did not initially know the language and where?
Planet Earth.
MickMurphy_
Ok..How would you suggest that I accept trust in my life and believe in it?
Because the choice is either that or live in a mental hospital in your head.
louis_louis_66
What do you do at Christmas?
Send cards of love, be with the family and laugh a lot.
BAMBIHELL
What was staying at the Amsterdam Hilton like?
Do you like the Thurston Moore song “Ono Soul”? thank you. peace. stay rad.
I love anything Thurston and Kim do. I feel good whenever I happen to think about them.
nowhere_girl19
Hi Yoko! =) I am a big fan of you and the beatles. Is Paul Mccartney really John’s bestfriend? Are they really “that” tight?
They were fantastic partners. You must agree on that.
SteveMarinucci
Is it true you and John planned to do live shows and he rehearsed “She Loves You” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand”?
I don’t remember if he was thinking of doing “SHE LOVES YOU.” He definitely was thinking of doing “I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND.” but who knows. He may have changed his mind at the last minute. Don’t count on anything in life. Just enjoy as it happens.
noisyrobot
Why are you fascinated by clouds?
Because they are transcient existence. No cloud can cloud us forever.
mstut8
What do you do when you have a difficult decision to make?
All decisions are easy to make. All decisions are difficult to make. It depends on your outlook.
antelopeballoo
What should I tell my 14-month-old son tonight as I put him to bed?
That you love him. You can tell it to him with words, action, or thoughts.
helabo
my 4 year old loves to sing your songs, esp. the sun is down, have you thought about making childrens books based on your lyrics?
I often thought that. But just didn’t get around to it. I still may.
br1xt0n
is there anyone that you have not met that you would like to sit down and have a conversation with?
A ghost from any past.
ChrisV71
I’m going to NYC next week, besides Strawberry Fields, what else do you recommend seeing?
People – the way they walk, the way they smile, the way they don’t smile…
bforsyth
How many random acts of kindness would it take to bring about revolution without violence?
Once you decide that it’s possible, it will be very fast. It doesn’t depend on random acts of kindness in numbers. An unkindness could make it happen, too. Revolution without violence: It’s already starting, actually.
M6385
how can a person motivate people that want change but don’t want to work for it?
You don’t have to motivate them. They are part of the change, whether they like it or not.
miahansson
What is time?
What we want to measure things with.
kahalabeachgirl
Rock climbing in lake district i lost footing falling to my death, an invisible hand stopped me mid fall: what power saved me?
Your mother?
MasonRothwell
What’s your advice for those in love with those who don’t love them back?
Have a good time!
lilkittengloria
How can I find a love as authentic as yours?
Who says my love is authentic? I’d rather not have authenticity stamped on whatever you call “my love.”
BTZOL
What questions does the universe ask us?
Whatever we want to think that they are asking us.
laramarins
Yoko, do you think that even the most tragic happenings have a reason, or they’re just accidents?
All accidents become happenings for reasons, when you make them to be.
Brent_Watson41
In 1968, you told John Lennon that “woman is the n*gger of the world.” Do you still believe it 40 years later?
What I was saying, with poetic license, was not that we were the N word of the world, but we were regarded and treated as such by the world. That still stands in so many parts of the world.
technicolorpixi
do you have faith in today’s youth to bring peace?
I have faith in all of us to bring world peace.
caillan
What was it like to transition from being unknown outside art circles to being one of the most famous women in the world?
I never thought of my life that way. I was always famously known to me, unless I swept myself successfully under the rug.
blooptweet
How do you know the difference between pursuing your dreams and selfishness?
Can you pursue your dreams without you? Selfishness is a moralistic interpretation of just acknowledging yourself. I don’t buy it. Pursue your dreams, by all means, by acknowledging your life force every step of the way.
akanee
Do you have any words that impressed you very much for the last week? If so which was the most impressive?
That somebody loved me.
ultimaesperenza
Have you ever found a time when nothing and everything cost the same?
I am not so much into checking costs, unless when I needed that amount to be in my pocket so I could buy the material for my work.
montaeglich
“The expression Rising Sun is about our soul.”, you answered last week. What exactly did you mean?
We all experience the feeling of our spirit rising with clear awareness and joy…. like when the sun rises and lights up the earth.
PlainlyPoetic
What you think of marriage, Yoko Ono? And what would you say to a girl who thinks that marriage just sounds awful?
Depends on the circumstances, including your candidate!
It could be enlightening like you can manage most experience to be..
It all depends on if you want to take it on, or not.
But if you take it on… just remember it is for lifetime and more… with the children.
If you think that’s bliss, go for it. If you think that’s hell, run..
helabo
the basic elements of nature are air, fire, earth and water, what do you think are the basic elements of peace?
love, love, love, and laughter.
Derfdogdreams
Hi, Yoko. How do you suggest peace loving people protest the War expansion in Afghanistan by our gov’t?
By visualization of an independently peaceful Afghanistan without any outside invasion.
lilkittengloria
How do you keep yourself warm in the winter?
With love.
ctbgirl
Alcohol makes me happy sometimes. Do you drink? How does it make you feel?
I don’t drink. I don’t like the feeling of not being clear.
arelente2
how did you record Kiss, Kiss, Kiss?
By applying theatrical stanilavsky method to the recording.
DanielLDavis
Do you wish current musicians were more concerned with the state of the world & the fight for peace?
Whether they like it or not, they are working with us to attain world peace – as all music is healing.. So relax.
abirdseyeview
What’s an instrument you’ve always wanted to learn to play, but have never gotten the chance to?
My heart
Aldonautico
Why choosing Iceland for the Imagine Peace Tower?
Because it’s a very special land with very special people living there.
tbs_channel
how do you encourage your loving people when they are blue? Dance?
Breathe.
M6385
How can i motivate people who want change but don’t do anything about it i’m speaking at a no hate event and want to inspire
Let them be. They’ll come around. They’re just slower than you.
Barb Stuart Burke
If you had an opportunity to ask Jesus 1 question, what might that be?
I don’t have any question for him.
1918vintage
do you miss the days of being an underground fluxus/conceptual artist and the artistic freedom of being less well known?
I don’t think I was that less well known as an artist, and I don’t think I am that more well known as an artist now.
ispyeric
Do you have a favourite electronic musician at the moment?
I like all musicians.
Phil Catwright
If you were granted one wish for this Christmas what would that wish be?
Revolution without violence.
Akavakci
if love had a sound what would it be
Laughter.
Jerry Crow
In your opinion, what is the highest purpose of art?
Give love.
CuliLady
How many chances are there left for peace?
As many as we need.
REALT1MEtracy
Saw you on Jools holland. What inspires you to make ur music?
The Wish to create revolution without violence.
inequals
What role do drugs play, if any, in the process of betterment?
Life itself is a drug to remind people of better life.
PaulineRebry
I wonder how you muster up the strenght everyday to be so positive, when most of the time life seems so utterly pointless.
LIfe is a beautiful expansion of pointlessness. A point is not the point.
himynameiswindy
If you could say something to John in Japanese, what would it be? And what’s the translation? =)
It is not translatable!
tbs_channel
Where do you want to visit where you’d never visit??
Everywhere.
genji2000
How do you manage to maintain infinite dignity in a [media] world that tries to hurt you?
I leave my dignity hanging on an apple tree.
jordan_ish
how do you give your whole self away without feeling empty when noone reciprocates?
I have never been able to give my whole self away….
Stephen Elvis Smith
Hi Yoko. With the majority of Americans finally wanting peace, what can we do to help President Obama make it a reality?
Sending your trust.
adrianandshane
need you to suggest some random words/phrases/lyrics/sentences that we can use in paintings. doesn’t have to make sense.
IMAGINE
tbs_channel
if you could, do you wanna go to the moon? Space? Why??
Because i am a space transformer.
mommadona
met U during Peace March in 1986 – who’s next to carry on the work?
All of us. You, in particular.
beeflin
What have you learned about politicians from your meetings? Why do they continue to make war?
Because they don’t know better.
shadownlite
What is your favorite memory from your childhood?
The fact that I survived, whatever it was.
futurewasnow
What kind of thing that disturbs you most?
Cruelty.
bsstudios
I am so inspired by your quest for peace. Do you view the current state of the world as karmic payback for the past?
No.
Markho23
If you could be anything else what would you be?
I’m thankful of what I am now.
tbs_channel
What is your home medicine for flu? Hot honey lemon?
Hot honey and lemon drink. Yes.
hanga73
what would you write/draw on the golden plate of the Voyager? cheers from Hungary – peace
Ai (means love in japanese.)
mstut8
What is your favorite Thanksgiving food?
Pumpkin Pie
shamama
This is not a question … just wanted to say YOU ARE A GODDESS
And you are GOD, I suppose. It must take one to know one, as they say….
asnicosmile
What do you do to keep your balance of your body and your head?
Eat when I’m hungry. Think when I need to.
smalljones
How would you drive a nail in a mirror? And why?
Sometimes, we are not happy with our image in the mirror…
Derfdogdreams
Hi, Yoko. How do you suggest peace loving people protest the War expansion in Afghanistan by our gov’t?
By being firm in your mind about what should happen and that it will.
Birdienumnums1
Do you practice any form of traditional meditation? For that matter; do you do anything traditional at all? 
LOL! xox
Meditation is a way of my life.
NRYC
What’s the 1st thing that people misunderstand or misinterpret about you? How do you deal with them? Thank you.
If others are misunderstanding or misinterpreting me, they are the ones who need to deal with them. Not me.
LieveK
Do you agree that everyone has another idea of beauty? And how would you define yours?
That it is valid to me.
sierraohh
How can we be at peace when there are so many others who are not?
It’s nice to be different.
ctbgirl
Thanx for playing “JOSEIJOI BANZAI” last night. I heard you made this song for Japanese Woman. Do you feel the woman power here?
I was trying to wake up Japanese women at the time.
nwimnthng0
I’ve heard 11/11/2011 at 11:11 there is going to be a Mass meditation of oneness being experienced throughout all! Joining in?
Anytime. For mass meditation.
TeamJuliaPhelps
what do you miss most about John Lennon?
That we loved each other.
Mangofantasy
Why is there anything rather than nothing?
Keep on the word game.
zwitscherrob
Have you ever met a “cosmic twin” (man or woman) that is someone born circa at the same time&date as you? How was it?
Cosmic Twin? Interesting.
garfieldsowner
what is the aroma that would remind you of john and why?
Sweet Flowers. Because he was sweet.
sharlenetawadee
What is the strongest principle that you live by?
To be real.
JenBaker707
Do you think that ones own reincarnation/enlightenment depends on the reincarnation/enlightenment of the people in our life circles?
Could.
luckypineapple
What is the worst job you’ve ever had or had to do?
I can’t think of one. All jobs were educational.
frombecca
what are your thoughts on how we feed the world?
By feeding the world, and not thinking of food as the source of making more and more money with it.
RosyRedd
Why are so many of the worlds problems easy to solve but political powers don’t seem inclined to do anything much to help?
Politicians should go back to working for people, not for the greed of corporations.
pppslm
What was the best xmas present John ever gave you (if you celebrated)?
He always gave me something that made my heart dance.
mariah___lennon
what’s your most magical phrase or your favorite one, that can make u feel better when u r depressed, angry or somthing?
Thank you, thank you, thank you, for a beautiful life.
sabakan2480
How can I love my enemies who make me scared or confused ? How can I pray for the good of them ?
Who says you have to love thy enemy? I know. The Bible. You can be slow on loving them. First pray for yourself, that you will come out unscathed from their attack. Be glad that you are not the one who is confusing and scaring somebody.
ME_LI22
What’s your biggest dream?
To have a great year.
twitwalk
What ideas have you discarded in favor of what you now feel is better or truer?
I don’t think about discardng ideas. I only think of learning more.
twitwalk
How often do you change your mind?
As often as I have to.
CallumSkene
what do you think of metal/hardcore music? positive output or negative energy?
All music is beneficial to our growth.
ggsuss
Which was the most embrarassing moment in your career?
I don’t think there was one.
Megan315
do you shop on black friday? if so where’d you go today?
Nowhere.
Johnlives
Yoko, what’s your favorite color?
All colours.
Guillegoony
Do you have any advise or tip to know how to wake up intuition?
First trust in yourself. If you don’t, your intuition will be scared and go into a deep sleep.
ColonelKSpeaks
What is the best part of being a member of the Plastic Ono Band? Is it the artistic freedom? The very cool name?
I had my artistic freedom before the band was named Plastic Ono Band, and I am sure there are many cool names other than this one. The best part of being a member of the band was that name was created based on my inspiration of the band set up, John got inspired by it, and named it thus.
twitwalk
What role does humor play in striving towards peace?
You automatically become Don in the eyes of the others, and maybe of yours. It is nice to know that life is a serious matter, but comical to think that you can come out of it alive!
pludk
the more voices i hear the more it seems how far apart & cold we are even when we feel warm. is collaboration the right medicine?
Collaboration works even when you are far apart in the physical distance to each other. If you think of collaboration as “medicine,” you are right away distancing yourself from the act of collaboration. Collaboration is love, joy, not a medicine.
mchristensen2
When do we stop growing up and start growing old?
Nobody starts to grow old. If somebody give you that impression, just ignore it. That somebody is probably feeling old.
RegRaggon
Who was the “Third Virgin” (with the beard) in the large photo that was kept in yours and John’s?
After we posed for our record cover Two Virgins, a guy sent us a picture of us naked with his own naked photo superimposed on ours.
whitehaart
What were the sixties to you and specifically the work you did for John Dunbar and Indica Gallery?
I loved doing my show in Indica Gallery. The owner John Dunbar was a very hip guy, and understood what I wanted to do, and let them do it immediately. His attitude towards my work, I feel, created a new trend in the gallery scene. He was the first.
Soulgoddess
What do u think has changed for women in art world since the 60s-70s? What still needs 2 change?
The ‘needs to be changed’ changes all the time. So keep your ears to the gound, and if you get what you need to give to the world, just give it. You will make the world very happy.
SandyinOH
Why are some people so uncaring and rude to fellow human beings when they themselves are so gifted and could do so much good?
We all need love. When it seems that we are not getting love, and somebody else is getting it, we scream murder. We make ourselves the children starving for love. Reach out and give love, share your warmth. You will find it immensely pleasing that you are creating and giving love where there is need.
KitchyKat
We’re economising this Christmas. What can I give my husband? Love from Katya, Yorkshire.
Your expression of love of what he is to you. Add a list to that of what you knew you did wrong to him in the past, but just never admit to or apologized to him. Add another list of things you want to give him in the future. Don’t give a ha ha list. Keep it real. He will be so impressed that you knew what he had wanted. Well, I would’t go too far on it. Keep some for your 2010 list!
He is already very happy that you are being sensible in saving money this way, this year. But if he is the type who complains and jabs you for not giving him the car he always wanted, just kick him out of the house, and never look back. It means that he’s got no sense of humour, and is not a man worth keeping!
nex0s
Do you like to dance?
I’m always dancing.
bubba9000
What guitar or guitars did John use the most often and which was his favorite?
He used many guitars and loved them all.
NRYC
Two questions:
A) “If you ever want something badly, let it go.”- Do you agree?
B) Cannot we find peace by avoiding life? Cheers.
If you want something badly, you will not let it go until it becomes a drag to hold on to it. We are lucky that we can’t.
If you try to find peace, you never will. Just be yourself, and lead a life diligently. One day, you will notice that your life is getting to be very much like what you want it to be… becasue you created your life that way. Then you will see that the issue of whether your life was peaceful or not has become irrelevant. Your life was always peaceful – or whatever you wanted it to be. You just didn’t know it.
Anndelly
How do you stay true to your artistic vision, during day to day life? From minute to minute, hour to hour?
Get a rest! You deserve it.
littlemelinda
how do you define love in 140 characters or less?
Love is what is making you alive.
truelovepink17
What is your best advice for teens to live like to the fullest? You are genius
Love. – and that’s a verb. I love you! yoko. =
Monkey_Tree
Most treasured keepsake you still have from John?
Sean
SaintFierceLove
Do you believe that this is all an illusion? How do you deal with a dream world?
My world consists of worlds of many different textures and purposes. All worlds are interesting and are part of me.
ctbgirl
Thanks for the great concert in Tokyo on the Wednesday. Did you enjoy it?
I enjoy every day.
naishkarmya
How do you think about eastern alternative medicine? Hari,kyu,or HOA.
I think the Western medicine is for healing parts of the body. Eastern medicine is for healing the whole body. A good medicine, whether it is of the West or of the East, will help you heal your own body.
pinkpuffyheart
If you could go back and give a piece of advice to your 30 year old self what would it be?
Don’t fret. It will be better than you imagine.
metamemette
how do you stay so young and sexy?
All of us are young and sexy. We are eternally young in spirit, and eternally raaching with love to the outside world.
PoshLopez
What would you like to achieve over the next year?
I don’t wish to achieve anything over the next year! I count achievements in years and decades. I just want to do my best every year as they come to me…and the best includes having a laugh as well…
Megan315
what is one thing you think most people could change to make the world a better place?
Their own ideas, not of the others.
AndreTheriault
Would you ever sell sets of your white chess boards, or do you feel that would compromise the message of your art?
If it takes selling the work to propagate the idea of peace, i will.
ispyeric
Is there a particular highlight from your collaborations with John Cage you would like to share with us?
I’d like to share the fact that two people with such different backgrounds can be active collaborators without strangling each other!
MrCoolDude
Paris is considered the city of love. But where do you consider the city of love? Merci beaucoup
All cities. The love is in our hearts.
apemanb
are you ever angry? and use this as a positive force?
I’m afraid I get upset easily. So it’s good to know how to breathe and shift my mood by it.
BenJasper
What are your views on climate change and the UN #COP15 conference in Copenhagen? What can we do to help the situation?
strong>Johnlives
what is your favorite planet? Do you think that life is prevalent outside our solar system? Did John?
When I know a little more about each planet, I am sure I will fall in love with them, as I have with the cities of this planet. You have to know one to love one, and we will.
hewasahippie
What was your favorite part about participating in The Rolling Stones Rock & Roll Circus?
It was a fun night altogether. The best, as usual, was the fact that John and I were together.
br1xt0n
yoko, what is your most favorite sound in the world?
All cooing sounds – of animals, people, greenfields and winds….
DolphinsAMar
What are your plans for Thanksgiving, and can you see the parade/balloons from your apartment? Thanks!
Yes! Every Thanksgiving, John and Sean used to go to our big window in the white room and watched the parade together. This year, Sean and I will be in Tokyo where we are rehearsing now for a concert!
northernfille
yoko, what are some of your favourite scents?
Of all sweet flowers and herbal incense.
STAR13R
HI YOKO ..DO YOU HAVE A DAILY PEACE RITUAL THAT YOU DO INVOLVING YOU BEING A STRONG ADVOCATE FOR PEACE? THANKS!!
Every morning, I do
the affirmation. I believe I”ve shared some of my affirmation with you on IMAGINEPEACE.com. WE ARE STANDING IN THE HEAVEN WE HAVE CREATED TOGETHER, SHARING THE JOY WITH ALL LIVES ON EARTH – That’’s one.
StayGold__
what was the greatest advice you”ve ever received?
Not to listen to an advice unless you see where it’’s coming from.
tbs_channel
If you dont wanna go to the office, what will you do?
First hink why, and what will happen if you don”t.
inknymph
Where has been the most inspirational place for you? Was it indoors or outdoors?
Inside myself.
zwitscherrob
What do you think: would”ve John joined twitter and loved it? What messages would he send us?
Well, he might still join you, or have.
HoHoHoberg
What’’s your favorite song to dance to?
Any song. I”m not so partciular.
locomote
What is something happening in Japan today that brings you hope for the future?
Wisdom and love.
montaeglich
Higa Noboru (”the sun is rising”); but NOBORU (翔) is also a Japanese name. Is it fe/male? And what about the sun?
The expression Rising Sun is about our soul.
chris_noland
Do you think that without war, there can be no sense of what peace is?
Don”t be afraid. We”ll see if we will sense Peace even if when WAR was behind us all. And, if we did lose the word Peace, just as we lose the word War, does it matter?
akanee
When did you feel happiest in just the past week?
I feel glad every day and every minute for being alive, well, and being given the life of working on events I love to work on. When things go badly, I just try to find what the blessing might be. Even if I couldn”t see it as a blessing, just by knowing that it could be some kind of blessing, make me feel better. So I can safely say, I was feeling happy the past week, altogether.
jackbo3
Do you think it coincidence that the Mayans ended their calendar in 2012?
They may have gone on with invisible ink or something. We”ll never know.
hankerinjane
Is it weird to have people dress up like you for Halloween? (My husband and I dressed as you & John this year.)
I hope you guys look better than us. We were pretty funky.
scally_dandan
If there was no monetary system/economy and we reverted back to sharing and resource based economy the world would be harmonious?
We can have harmony anytime, under any system. Harmony is in our soul, not out there. The one out there is a reflection of the state of our spirit.
mstut8
What do you like to do when you”re sick to feel better?
Look at the sky.
asnicosmile
I think you”re the most peaceful person. I thank you for your being. Can you love people who attack the others. what should I do?
First quickly put up an invisible shield between the attacker and the attacked. Make the attacker to confront a photo of his/her mother right there and then. And ask the attacker, in your mind, to become peaceful.
DYREWOLFE
Yoko, with so many causes that need fighting for, how do you choose those that you personally take up their cause?
I use my judgement based on my experience and instinct.
MallagoliMarco
How do you see Paul and Ringo today?
I think they are wise and delightful people.
cicero753
What have your current efforts for world peace brought you?
Wisdom.
natalie_keefe
what are some of your long-term goals and/or projects that you want to see happen in the future?
I”d like to see all the people living life in peace, as John said. I think we will. In fact, I know we will. So get ready!
LapisLee
Who rocks out harder? You or Sean?
We are both pretty good at it!
KristyLDoucet
What is one of the things you learned about yourself through your marriage to John?
Two artists can create a very loving partnership, work together, and not strangle each other!
FishEgg
What is your favorite vegan restaurant in NYC?
There are none better than what you can get at home.
vanxln
hi yoko, how could we stay true with ourselves? thanks
By knowing that being untrue to yourself doesn”t get you anywhere in life. Being true to yourself is the only way you can maintain your health as well.
BlackFlashmag
Is there one photographer, who has taken your photo, that you admire above all others?
There is not one I admire above all others. Sometimes, I get quite impressed with photos taken by a four year old amateur photographer…
drnels
What did you think of being on Mad About You
and making Paul try to film the wind?
I thought it was a quite a fun script.
nwimnthng0
What would you consider to be the best method to enrich the masses with Love? We all have Hope, how will WE make this shift?
Start giving out your love.
Afusomax
Whatcha reading right now?
One of the three books I”m reading now is:
Brain Rules by John Medina.
Good book, giving you an important information. The message is very clear, and easy to read.
MikeinSanDiego
I”m starting a PEACE garden…are you a soil Goddess as well???
I was invited to Architectural Biennale in Venice one year, and made a statement:
“Give back the skyline to the sky. Give love to the earthline.”
Yes. it’’s important to give love to planet earth, rather than keep creating more high rises.
DelindaDSL
have you been hanging out on the Peace Tower sim in Second Life
at all?
Well, I was there at it’’s opening. But since then I”ve been too busy to go there.
florabarone
in life-as-art, how important is it for history to know about the private person vs. the public persona of the artist?
If you love his/her artwork, you might want to know more about the artist That’’s not important; That’’s just sweet.
ChrisV71
Do you like to cook and if so what do you like to make? Do you have a favorite dish? (btw POB is great congrats!)
It depends on what I want to eat at the time. Yes.I just cook for myself! Don”t have the urge to display my talent as a chef!
stunner2020
Hi Yoko, do you feel that the new ways to hear music, such as Spotify, will be helpful or detrimental to the future of music?
It’’s good that there will be more and more ways to hear music. You don”t have to make it a detrimental experience.
spatmilk
What do you think about the Japanese gov. asserting its sovereignty by trying to reduce the number of US troops on Okinawa
I”m a peacenik, so you know that answer.
CouncilmanTech
Yoko What do you “imagine” our world will be like in five years, then ten, if we should be envisioned still co-existing at all?
My affirmation:
We are now standing in the heaven we have created together.
Sharing the joy with all lives on Earth.
I love you!
yoko
Nov. 2009
chantaldenise86
hey yoko, my friend @marcusadoro is asking if you think that the creative process is the same for both men and women.
Men and women alike, it is different in each person.
samguitarman11
hi yoko, did you ever get chance to personally meet eric clapton? what were your opinions of him? was john fond of him?
Both John and I were very fond of him. I am still fond of him. He is not only a talented musician, but a great guy.
Mindtrain
What does the symbol on Approximately Infinite Universe mean? (in particular, the top symbol.) thx!
Eternity.
JenniferPage1
How do you recommend dealing w/ ENVIOUS people, who try to backstab and undermine you, or try to belittle you to be powerful?
Those people can be very dangerous. It can be harmful to you, just by the fact that they try to squeeze so much energy out of you. So stay away from them. Immersing yourself in doing good work helps, too.
twitwalk
How would you describe the difference between war and peace?
War gives you sorrow. Peace gives you joy.
mstut8
What has been your favorite concert you”ve been to and why?
I have good memory of all concerts I have been to. Each time, I”ve learnt something on a professional level, or have been inspired to go make music myself.
mstut8
What is your favorite Bob Dylan song and/or album?
I love so many of his songs, it’’s hard to list them all in a very limited time I have now.
Juliaannh
Dear Yoko, How can we stay true to ourselves in love and peace when we meet with people who wish us or our children harm?
It’’s a hard world. But if you don”t stay true to yourself, you will find that it is even harder. Stay true to yourself does not mean just give up. In an emergency, you will find a way to get out of harm’’s way.
ToreyMarie
What’’s in a name? If you had been named something else, do you think life would have taken you down the same path?
Name, is a sound. Even somebody read it silently. It has it’’s own definite sound. So a name will influence you and your life as much as music would.
ediehansen
Yoko, how important do you think humor is to living a good life? Thank you for everything you do!
Humour is like a sweet scent of a very fine flower. You want to breathe and let others breathe it, too. Life becomes easier then.
florabarone
saw you on the jimmy fallon show, wow! you look like you”re having fun. are you having the most fun of your life now?
I wouldn”t say that. I”m just being myself as usual.
missyrae333
Yoko, what is your favorite Christmas memory?
Every Xmas is my favorite. I know that this coming one will be my favorite, too. Have a good one, yourself!
DYREWOLFE
Yoko, if you had a photograph of every moment in your life, which would you place over your heart<3 ?
I would like to forget it all, and move into the future.
DYREWOLFE
Yoko, what is your favourite photograph of you, John & Sean together?
The one I don”t remember.
DYREWOLFE
Yoko, what sound of nature pleases you the most?
All sounds. Sounds are medicinal.
DYREWOLFE
What is your favourite place to be when it rains?
Inside myself and outside in the rain. Both gives me joy.
gnosis_imagine
will you ever have another retrospective similar to YES in NYC?
I”d rather have an exhibition of new works.
JohnWynneTofino
What is the dominant fundamental conflict in the world today?
There’’s no conflict. We just pretend that there is to make life more interesting. But let’’s not do too much of that!
DYREWOLFE
Yoko, do you measure time in any way?
Time is a concept with which we kid ourselves!
br1xt0n
do you think that 2012 will bring about an age of light/spiritual transformation?
Every day is bringing spiritual transformation to all of us.
fitot
dear yoko, why do people come and go?
To give you a chance to be yourself.
doforanimals
My favorite comfort food: grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup. What’’s yours?
My favorite changes all the time.
Just_Paul_x
What is it that first inspired you to be part of the peace & love movement, and doesn”t it get difficult sticking to it?
I think the fact that I experienced war first hand when I was a young girl did inspire me. It’’s not difficult to stick to it. It’’s important as breathing. So you stick to it.
1mwvs
Will u go surfing with me? and help catch a million waves.
As you said it, I heard a big splash of million waves!
sharonwinter
What do you think of Ralph Nader’’s fiction book “only the rich can save us” with yoko ono as one of the lead characters?
I”m curious. But I haven”t gotten around to reading it yet.
BoHoScarecrow
Hi Yoko, do you keep in touch with Gustav Metzger? Peace, Love and Rock n Roll.
Yes. I do see him quite often these days, when I”m in London. He is doing fine as he always has.
surazeus
Whose face do you see when you emerge from cave of Amaterasu and gaze in mirror of our eyes?
The faces of billions of women.
NRYC
What’’s your favourite flower and why? What makes you feel when you think of it?
I immediately think of sweet smell of all things sweet.
frunobulax19
Did you ever offer John chocolate as a symbol of love instead of the other way around?
I never had to offer chocolate to John. He got it for himself as he loved it.
yayo_iiijima
Why do I feel peace and relaxed while I have no boyfriend?
Because it’’s nice to have moments in life of relaxation without a boyfriend.
pizzajohn07
do you get nervous before a performance and do you have any rituals to help you prepare for a show?
I do my affirmation of how lucky I am to be alive and well.
Ysoserious74
What project was john working on before his tragic death?
Together, we were planning on going on a concert tour.
flymetomadrid
How do you think we can raise the living standards of everyone in the world? Will eliminating poverty stop war?
Stopping war will eliminate poverty, since war is being so costly to all of us participants.
zwitscherrob
Do you know any arrangements/adapations of John’’s songs for mixed choir? Could you imagine it? (I lead a choir)
IMAGINE will be a good challenge for you leaders of choirs to do the arrangements/adoptations yourself.
only_wolvercote
What was your favourite subject when you were in school?
Writing and music.
lostbeatle
What did yourself and John think of the Punk Movement? Did you like The Clash and The Sex Pistols?
We liked anything punk, like Clash and Sex Pistols. But we liked ao many other types of music as well. We were obsessive music lovers.
kaypros
did anyone send you the photo of you & John in the heart drawn in sand in desert 1970? luv to see it if it turns up
Well, it will be nice, don”t you think?
sorrypolly
Are you having a nice day, do your feet never get cold?
I never get old, but get cold, yes.
B_P_H_
What is your favorite dish at Souen? Have you been to the new noodle bar on 6th?
I haven”t been lately. But I always loved their brown rice.They cook it well.
NonStopPop
Outside of John, what have been some of your favorite musical collaborations?
Not much. I”m enjoying the one I”m doing now with Sean, my son, though.
StoryTroy
What was the “wow” moment in your life where you decided become an artist? Major early inspirations?
I always accepted the fact that I was an artist. So there was no “wow” moment of discovery.
annettesayswhat
If you could make one new law that would come into effect today, what would it be?
Bring back love.
carolrhartsell
Do you mind the gathering that takes place at Strawberry Fields on Oct 9? I”ve been going for years & just moved nearby.
I think it’’s beautiful. I”m in Iceland every October 9th, but my spirit is always with people who come to strawberryfields as well. We are all together.
nisarga1
What is your understanding of Nonduality? James
Duality is a figment of imagination.
LittleDetails
when will you be coming back to liverpool? i caught your steps exhibit last year.
I frequently find myself in Liverpool. That’’s the only way I can put it. It’’s always very sweet. I love the Haddock and eggs” breakfast there. I never get a good one like that in London.
thewhitman
Halloween is my favourite time of year. Do you enjoy the festivities that surround All Hallows Eve?
I enjoy watching the TV to see what goes on in town, and participate in the fun people are having being outrageous.
When I was a little Japanese girl in Long Island – don”t ask me why I was there, it’’s a long story – one night, I looked out of the window and saw several white ghost like figures walking around. I asked my mom what that was. She told me that they were not ghosts, that it was a halloween night, and kids were all wearing sheets. It scared me. But big girls and boys – bigger than me, that was – took me out later for me to go around town with them. They no more had sheets over them. I remember how I felt the night air, and how I had to walk fast because one of them were holding my hand to make me walk just as fast as them. I remember how the night air felt on my cheek. It was exciting. So, one halloween night sometime in the future, I might go out again to feel the night air.
logandonahoo
– It’’s Halloween! Want to share any fond or memorable stories of it from over the years? You & John ever dress up together?
We didn”t. English have fun with Halloween night, too, you know. But we just didn”t. We watched the TV, and that was our way of participating in the fun of the night.
LeeAdamWilshier
Hi Yoko. How would you advise the average person to inject art into their daily lives, to mesh it with a normal day?
Be creative in your what you call your normal day, to make yourself proud to yourself.
thelovelyandi
I saw the movie, Nowhere Boy
yesterday. I wonder if you and/or Paul saw it and what you thought about it. Thanks!
I think it is a truly lovely film. It not only depicts John’’s childhood in the most charming way, with sense of humour as well, but depicts those days of Liverpool beautifully, warm and human. It is a film that all people of Liverpool can be proud of and be happy with for the longest time. My respect and love to the director: Sam Taylor Wood.
sbee
Tea? or Coffee? Which was John’’s favorite?
Tea. He was brought up with it.
venusleaf
Dear Yoko, Do you believe in prayers? I think they help us think more clearly.
I”m praying every day. My affirmations of the day, every day, is
here at IMAGINEPEACE.com.
jesmmifs
Is technology improving our life-style as human beings?
If you let it.
VonQuale
Do you feel revolution is still a possibility during these times? A new form of revolution? Think it”d be successful?
A form of a new revolution is happening as we speak. And you are part of it.
claireramsayst
What do you most look forward to when you wake up?
I just do my affirmation of knowing that it will be a beautiful day.
Junia87
sorry if too personal!- I”m recovering from anorexia & have a feeling about John-did he ever have eating problems? thank you xo
He went through many phases. But most of the time, he was pretty good in eating well. I mean by that, eating what will be good for you and not in large quantity.
vic_imagine
Recently i found my inner peace through my own type of therapy. If you will can you describe the moment you found your inner peace.
I try to be loving and peaceful, only because I know that it is such a drag to clean up after I splash anger! it’’s better for your health to stay peaceful as much as you can. The way to do it is actually very simple. Count your blessings. And ask yourself why you are so angry at something that might be a blessing in disguise. It’’s such fun to find out that it actually was.
BungleJerry
What was it like working with Joe Jones on the Fly album? Those songs are beautiful.
Thank you. I think they are beautiful, too. I asked Joe to make instruments which never existed before. And he made several. Those songs got the benefit of Joe’’s genius.
uho237
How do you think for LSD experience? And do you wanna free it?
I think it all depends on the person, if one uses well, or one doesn”t. But we don”t stop people taking bath because somebody had a bad accident in the bath tub!
jayelgee1
Yoko, have you ever called the white phone at the Hall Of Fame Annex
in Soho yet? Your installation of John’’s things made me cry. Thanks.
Well, I called almost every day, until I went on an extensive concert tour to other countries. It’’s not easy to call from other countries. They are all in different time zones.
mutedposthorn
What is your favorite kind of fun?
Being alive, and enjoying good health. The proof of the pudding is in my extensive walking I do almost every week. I walk about 80 blocks at one time.
vacilatingvoice
Is there an absolute end?
Never.
4320cuts
What’’s your most visited place in NY?
My apartment.
Sptzllama
Where is the most beautifully peaceful place on earth for you?
All places I have visited. This planet is beautiful.
br1xt0n
what is your favorite hour of the day? mine has always been 2pm.
Every hour every minute, is magic for me.
nisarga1
Blessed be Yoko… What is THAT through which by knowing and being established in and as it all things are known? James
Everything. It’’s true what we said in the sixties. Everything is beautiful. If it is otherwise for you, it is only in your head that it is otherwise.
GlambertKat99
Yoko, who’’s your favorite singer to listen to?
I have
so many favorites, it’’s hard to put it down the list of them. But if you heard some of the CDs and radio shows in which I bring up the songs I love, you may have some idea.
GlambertKat99
Yoko, are you working on anything at this moment? I”m eager to know!
I am working on many, many things at this time, as usual. I even
read three books at a time. I”m a juggler. In result, I have learnt to take care of things that are important, and not waste my time on sulking, for instance.
lil_looziana
What single (positive) thing can people try doing that will greatly affect the lives of those around them?
Be loving. Include yourself in it as well – loving you.
Steve_Angel
Are you an atheist ?
I don”t think of myself with that word or any word. I just go on believing in the good of all things, all people and me.
tbs_channel
if you could speak one more language, What language do you want to speak??
I wish I could learn to speak in all languages. I might just be able to by 2100. …to learn to express my respect to people of all beliefs. Languages are beliefs. That’’s one of the reasons I need more time on this planet.
tbs_channel
What is your lucky number? Colour? do you have any lucky items??
Every colour, every number is lucky if you have love for it.
aapatawaran
How do you keep inevitable encounters with lack and limitation from compromising your faith in infinity and abundance?
I have compromised many times in my life. I could probably safely say that my life as a woman was a series of compromises. But through it, I did not lose myself. I was always true to myself. If it means losing your life or the lives of your loves ones, you know what you have to do. You don”t go that route. There will be another day or another way. Death is quick and real. Life is as long as you make it. I want my sisters to remember that. It is what guys know, by having coped with the evil powers of the society they”ve created. Be patient with yourself and others.
ebayoan
music in the morning or in the night?
Music is always in my head.
janetleedesigns
Yoko, Can you sense the wonderful, loving impressions/footprints you leave on people, through the wisdom and love you spread?
Well, I try to do my best to share what i”ve learnt in life. But sometimes, for many reasons, it’’s not possible to share.
ctbgirl
I think you are one of the original Riot Grrrl! What sort of image do you have about them?
That they are my sisters.
akaneko39
From Japan. What will you pray in this beautiful moon night? It is “thirteen” moon night today.
Every day is beautiful to me. I pray and thank every day for it’’s incredible magical beauty. Life is a miracle.
orlandoferreiro
From Paraguay. Dear Yoko: Would you come someday to South America, to promote campaigns for peace?
I will try my best.
patsysees
In this world filled with unanswered questions.– Are there any real answers?
Yes! You are alive! Enjoy that fact – every minute of it. Because one day, there will be a change.
majic_man_420
Seen your video on using light to say “I love you” and seen the Tower of Peace cam.. Do you have any attractions to lights?
We do. Did you know that in places like Iceland, where there are dark periods in the year, people actually get depressed for not having enough sun light? We are like most insects and flowers. We need the light, as well as darkness.
bitch_head
By today’’s standards; Do you still feel that “woman is the nigger of the world” ??
Oh, you are asking something I can write a book to answer it! Yes. I go around the world, and I find that women’’s position still needs much, much more change. That’’s put it mildly. In United States, where women are suppose to be enjoying equal rights with men, one out of four women who end up in emergency wards in hospitals are in result of domestic violence. That should answer your question.
mugsy2
what word could you use if one word was all you needed.
LOVE.
artdiva3
When did you know that it was true love between you and John? …at first sight?
It probably was love at first sight. It’’s true that we were drawn to each other right away. Thought we were both rather attractive. But there was no symphony playing loudly in the background – like in a Hollywood film!
zwitscherrob
… You ascendant #Libra – he #Sun and #Mars in Libra. From an astrological point of view: soulmates – Do you know that?
We”ve been told all sorts. But we didn”t know that one.
KidLucid
what’’s your favorite line in “oh yoko?”
Well, do you blame me, if I loved the whole song? I loved the humour of it.
Genevability
Forgiveness has been on my mind a lot lately. What are your thoughts on forgiveness and how do you personally go about it?
If you don”t forgive, your health will be harmed. So, if anything, forgive for your sake.
beatlesaint
I”m Going Away Smiling
is one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard. What was your inspiration for it Yoko?
I was trying to write a song to ease Sean’’s mind.
JakeFurze
Why would one have infinite love and compassion for the world when they have never received anything but angry scorn in return?
You are giving too much credit to angry people. What they say don”t count, because they are crazy people who choose to stay in the unpleasant darkness of hate. Ignore them and stay in the light.
doctorpoetry
During ww2 as child you were an evacuee in the country. how has surviving the world’’s only atomic war affected you?
It made me a stronger person, I think.
ErinA08
Where is your favorite place in the city?
The park.
mikesalat
At what age did you feel that you had attained wisdom?
I attain wisdom every day of my life. I am sure you do, too.
cartoonpdt
Hello, do you think there is a regression or a progression of global consciousness nowadays ?
There definitely is a progression of global consciousness now. It’’s great!
lady_alkro
if you could live anywhere at anytime, where and when would it be?
Where i am now.
tininhatwitte
Dear Yoko, in your opinion, what should be the first step against an undercover war, like the one we have in Brazil ?
Undercover war is going on all over this planet. It’’s important to shed light to each one of them to stop the war.
Queeneofhearts
Do you believe in karma ?
Karma is a fact that exists, whether we believe in it or not.
RobinLeanne
What is one of your favorite songs and why?
Sean’’s song called MAGIC.It’’s a painfully real song of the heart.
dreamngina
What piece of artwork is your favorite, of your own or any artist?
Is there a specific artist that takes your breath away?
Today, I went to see Anish Kapoor exhibition in London. His new work took my breath away.
carriesherer
Hello Yoko! I would ask, what has been your proudest moment in life, so far?
My Seventieth Birthday. When I suddenly realized that I managed to have lived so long in good health and was enjoying the party my son gave me! Well, it was more a feeling of thankfulness. One day, I might get there where I feel really proud of myself. I”m working on it!
thelaurawinona
What do you believe is true, even though you can”t prove it ?
I believe and love everything until it’’s proven wrong.
LadyMichaelis
Do you consider yourself more religious or spiritual?
I don”t believe in religious establishments.
NancyDWrites
When you look back at your musical career is there any one thing you wish you”d done differently?
I don”t look back.
ispyeric
I consider you and Bjork two of our most innovative and fearless female musicians. Would the two of you consider collaborating?
I believe we are both innovative and fearless because we stand alone.
n69n
good morning, yoko! tell us a story about your favorite flower!
All flowers.
margaretellie
How will you celebrate Halloween?!
By putting some candies out in front of my door.
corinaballerina
What will you be for Halloween Yoko? (:
I like to sit at home, and watch what people are doing on the TV.
tbs_channel
Year after year, i can”t stand long airplane trips. How do you manage to make it comfortable? Do you have any special method??
I don”t have any special method. I just know that it is a previledge to be up in the sky where you are surrounded with unworldly vibrations sometimes. You get inspired with many creative ideas, too. In other words, I think of it as a blessing to be flying. Maybe that helps.
einafetslala
Yoko, what are you thoughts about the U.N. Human Rights Counsel and Obama’’s recent push to restrict religious speech?
Well, I don”t rely on establishment politics. So I don”t criticise it either. Do your own thing. Don”t care about what others are thinking or doing. They may have a reason, we could never imagine.
TataCastello
Dearest Yoko: What is your favourite way to keep track of time? New friends, a trip (inside and outside); petals of a flower? Luv u!
I don”t rely on time. Time is what man made for our convenience, and in reality, it does not exist.
apemanb
What do you want ? and what do you need?
I have everything I need and want.
~Valerie
Dear Yoko, how can a loving parent help her child stop telling lies?
Think of their lies as creative stories. Ask them to tell more and express your appreciation. Keep pushing for more stories. Ask them to write them as their diary. Soon then will want to write something real in their diaries…not fiction. If they want to keep writing fiction. Well, you will have a writer in your family!
maricerone
when people screwed up with many other people is there a way to “fix” the mess? or “u may say I”m a dreamer”?
Clean the water in your body, and become an oasis for the world. When all of us become oasis, all mess will be corrected and healed.
glassphxie
if you cold choose what to come back as what would it be?
I don”t have time to be indulging in such thoughts. I”m just trying to do this life as well as I can.
NRYC
Do actions speak louder than words. If yes, then how come it hurts worse to be called fat etc. than to get punched in the face?
I choose being called fat, to be punched in my face!
tbs_channel
Do you believe in next life? If so what animal or anything you want to be??
I don”t know about the next life. I just want to make this one well.
Schreiberland
Yoko, what do you think makes us laugh? And What makes you laugh?
There’’s no criteria of laughter. You laugh because we need to laugh. It’’s good for your health, if you can.
lostbeatle
If world peace occurred – what would you campaign for next?
Are you one of those people who are afraid we won”t have anything to do, if we get world peace? We will have plenty to do. But let’’s get world peace first and then talk about what we can do.
CallumSkene
where do you see the human race in the very distant future? at peace?
Yes. peace. But not in a very distant future. It’’s right around the corner. Didn”t you know?
plunderkeel
do you feel that the weathering of rocks or the earth revolving the sun are good to think about? or do they create false meaning?
There’’s no false meaning that I can see. What’’s wrong with thinking about rocks and the earth revolving the sun? I think it’’s beautiful.
Chris458
How is it possible to spread peace when people try to do violence against you and your loved ones?
That’’s why we have to spread peace. And we will. Start imagining a world without violence. Start seeing all of us smiling to each other.
marcus3dee
If you weren”t who you are, how would you go about seeking to create peace?
What you think and do, effect our society. So think peace. Start with that.
PhilRedman
What songs do you find playing in your head and can”t stop?
It depends on the time and the place. It comes, and it goes. There never was a time, it didn”t stop.
TimLooney
What is your favorite memory of the bed-in for peace?
That John and I were enjoying it together. We felt the togetherness so much. THat was really nice.
fatisfat
Do you believe that one can become an artist with will and practice, or are artists born that way?
There’’s not one person in the world who cannot be an artist, even if he/she wanted to. We are all artists.Some of us notice it, and some of us don”t.
DenisSaga
What was the greatest gift you have ever got?
True love.
JHOfficial4Real
What is another sport that you like other then dancing?
Walking.
Sairey_bearey
What do you do for Christmas each year?
We do all the way. Sean makes the point of coming a bit early and decorate the tree. That’’s the tradition in our family.
Schreiberland
Did you co-write ”Imagine” with John, and if yes, what memorable contributions did you make to either the lyrics or tune?
That is John’’s song.
RobinLeanne
What is your favorite song and why?
There are too many to pick one.
compfriend
how does music touch the soul so strongly?
Vibration of sounds permeats our body and soul.
sayck
the album is great! how did come the idea of the formation of the band? already admired the previous work of the artists
The band came together magically – in the way the old PLASTIC ONO BAND came together, too.
tbs_channel
Do you watch video programs online? I”d you do so, what have you watched? lately??
I haven”t watched anything lately.
leavemewhereiam
what is your best memory of bed-ins for Peace in Montreal? And do you still think #worldpeace is attainable?
World Peace is definitely attainable. We are working on that now, you included.
zwitscherrob
If there would be an Imagine Peace Award which living person, artist, politician would you honour with it?
I will honour the whole human race, for having been peaceful enough to have survived.
keriginn
how do live your life of peace daily? What does that look like?
I thank every day how wonderful it is to be still breathing. And you should, too.
newvectors
When will we learn to see all war as “civil war”?
We don”t have to put labels on wars. All wars are dangerous and sad.
Cleanth
From the moment life was created there has never been “Peace” – what gives us the idea there will be or even can be “peace”?
The human race has survived all this time because we were peaceful enough.
NothyBee
Where do u picture yourself when u finding peace in the sky? I”m on the edge of a cliff listening to the ocean roar…there too much pain
When I read you describing about the edge of the cliff you stand on and the roaring ocean, I thought you were going to say how beautiful it was, and how much you were enjoying it. Enjoy!
uptowngirldebi
who will carry on your legacy of Peace? Love You Yoko!
All of you.
tbs_channel
オノヨーコさんに質問！do you think nobel prize is good for Obama?
Yes. It’’s good. Anything that is positive in nature will bring some good. Any criticism of that will be negative.
joweldon
I”m a performer who was influenced by your “cut piece.” do people often talk to you about that performance?
Well, yes. People seem to like talking about it.
helabo
which holds more power, sound or silence?
Silence is a sound.
Gilfeather
If YOU could ask God any question…What would you ask her?
If she souldn”t mind giving the other half of the sky to a guy just so guys would not feel too small?
tama001
I live in the basin… I like blue of sky, green of the mountain, red of the setting sun. What color is your favorite color?
I love all colours.
dsfdsfdsgfr
Great work promoting the ”meat free monday” campaign Yoko! Are you a vegan or vegetarian, if yes/no, why? Love to you, Zoe
I am an omnivore
taisaraujo
Dear Yoko, I decided to be a vegetarian recently, but I worry about my health. What foods can replace animal protein?
You should eat exactly what your body is asking.
Libbyextra
How do you ensure you have a small ecological footprint? What do you do to live a greener lifestyle to protect the earth?
Start with feeling love for the earth. You will then know what step you wish to take.
NRYC
How do you define hate and love?
The distinction between hate and love is all in your head. When you wish to make yourself ill, you think of hate. When you wish to make yourself healthy, you think of love.
aapatawaran
How is this generation different from yours in terms of work ethic?
Each person has his own work ethic, according to his physical needs and conditions. One generation cannot be covered with one work ethic. You should not worry about generational differences of work ethics. Just do what you can do.
adoptiontalk
What do you think about international adoption?
We are all one family. So start with that idea. Anybody who thinks international adoption is wrong, will think it’’s wrong to marry somebody of another country or another race.
PLOEMWRITTER
what one piece of art you have created best represents you? what comes closest to who YOU are?
All of what I created are part of me. It canno be closer than that.
AB_Counselling
Where is your favourite place to be, and why?
Everywhere I go I fall in love with the place. Therefore, it is accurate to say that my favourite place so far is this planet. This planet is so beautiful, it’’s exciting even just to think about it.
ernalene
hello ms yoko ono. im from the philippines. my question is: what was ur first impression of john lennon? thank you
I thought he was very elegant, handsome and attractive.
JimCim
Did you do any audio recordings before meeting John? I am your biggest fan.
In fact, the one I did with Ornette Coleman in Albert Hall was recorded. I also recorded some songs in a cassette at home, but those were all lost.
jrodo
How was it to collaborate with John for the first time? Since 11 i”ve listened to his music, and wont go a day without it <3
That’’s so nice. John would have loved it. The first one we recorded together was TWO VIRGINS. You should listen to it. It’’s not so bad as you think you know.
KonradKrabba
I play the guitar and sing. I write songs. How should I use my love for John’’s and your work for the good of the planet?
You should keep making music. Music is the power of healing. This planet needs a lot of healing. You will be healing the planet, as you make music with your guitar, singing your song.
saysomethingmor
If John came back just today for his birthday, what would you like to say to him?
I bet we won”t be saying much. we”ll probably be sitting very close to each other…all day!
jaaack23
How did John grow as a person and an artist in the time you knew him?
It’’s hard to think of our growth separately like that. We were growing together every day in every way.
Devil6142
Yoko, I”m doing a project on a song by John, Working Class Hero. I was just wondering if you knew what he might have been thinking when he wrote it. Thanks! Brandon Arseneault
What he was thinking was all written in the song, and was sung by him with the emotion he felt.
hmccormack
Greetings, Ms. Ono. I”m a book review editor for @LibraryJournal & wonder if you would share your favorite books about John.
A book called MEMORIES OF JOHN LENNON is my favorite.
DanielLDavis
What sort of music could you imagine John making today if he was still with us?
He probably would have surprised us all with more great music. But I”m sure he is very happy now that so many of you are making good music, filling the hole made by his passing so to speak. Keep on making good music, my friends. Now the baton is in your hands. Lots of love, yoko
~Ann Wild Moran-Smith
Would you consider bringing the John & Yoko Peace yarn back for us knitters?? It would be such a wonderful thing to have.
I didn”t think we stopped that one. The wonderful thing (yes. it is, isn”t it?) I thought was still continuing!
~Bill Conrad
Being a chessplayer and a fan of yours, I”ve always wondered: do you play chess with friends, or online, or with a computer, or otherwise?
I play when I can. These days I don”t because I am so busy. When I suddenly find a little time, it’’s too late to find a partner. So I do other things. Yes. I would like to get to a point where all I do is to play chess all day…in some beautiful town, over looking the water…
pauloabueno
The artist Lucian Freud said in an interview that many people assume the idea of art coming out by mistake like a by-product of an indisciplined way of life. With all the recent discussion about art, its fragmentation and loss of meaning, what do you think is indispensable for artists and their production today?
You create with love. It’’s simple as that.
Schreiberland
Have you ever met anyone who has completed all the exercises in Grapefruit?
I have no idea. If I did meet someone like that, probably that someone will not want to speak about it.
RainbowDay
you read ? It tells us how to fix the earth and society
Thank you for the info. I shall get that book.
megory
In your home, are there any things you like to surround yourself with? For inspiration, warmth, or otherwise? xo
I am surrounded with all the things not necessarily valuable, but all things I love. It has to do with what you want to surround yourself with. I went for love.
YesOneCan
Why dance?
Just dance, and you will see why.
apeytron
how did it make you feel when people blamed you for The Beatles breaking up? sorry if that’’s rude, I love you & know it wasn”t u
I didn”t. So I was not too upset. I had a focused life as an artist, surrounded with people who understood me, and beautiful, beautiful Universe. How lucky could one person be?
schmoothskin
Have you ever wished to be anonymous?
For some reason, I never thought of that. The reason being, I was pretty anonymous, anyway.
NovaStyle
Where do you draw most of your inspiration from these days?
From me.
AMax4ueyannie
what would you give as a birthday present to Mom in last stage cancer?
Love in the form you know she likes. Meanwhile, it helps to ease her pain if you quietly prayed for her without telling her..
tbs_channel
Are Hiroshima and Nagasaki a good place to have Olympic games?
It may be very karmic to do that there. It’’s a very nice idea.
jmc42
I hope to be a Primary School teacher. What’’s the most important lessons I should be teaching our youngest generations?
What excites you.
AkeemBinAleem
what is your taken on modern music as a whole?? and what do u see as the next evolution in music/entertainment??
Music will keep evolving in the speed we are evolving.
TidusK
What is your favorite season and why?
All seasons. They are all beautiful.
brynola
Hi Yoko, How do you envision a peaceful and justified solution for the people of Palestine? How can everyone help? Thx
Think Peace and send Love. Don”t stop. Keep sending.
clairenelson
Hi Yoko! Do you think TV & films expand peoples” imaginations, or deplete them by presenting everything for us?
They are not presenting everything for us. So we”re safe.
robbelaw
what is your favorite poem?
What relies on the truth it tells and not it’’s form.
KidLucid
Are you lucid?
When it’’s necessary to be.
misaterrible
what is the adult for you? how can i get to become it? i will go to dance to your song in november! lots of love for you.
We are all adults and all children. Knowing that makes me want to dance!
bryanmonroe
Where is home?
Anywhere you decide to make it home.
RStOfle
I know you”re not much of a sports fan, but if you HAD to be, who would your teams be? What about John?
Who says I”m not a sports fan? You probably don”t think I am because you suspect that I am not a fan of the sports you are a fan of.
sharpest_rose
What is the most beautiful thing you have seen today?
The sky
jd_sand
Your achievements have been inspiring. But coming from traditional family/culture, were you able to make family understand you?
Being very intellegent people, I think they understood me. But they didn”t necessary like what they understood.
ctbgirl
What do you want to give to the sky if you get a chance?
A kiss.
minminking
thanks for this fantastic album. I cant get the beats,grooves and riffs out of my head! Any plans for singles/remixes?
SUN IS DOWN is the single.
rapy2001
Where in Japan do you want to stay if you”d live for long time?
There are so many cities I love, I wouldn”t know.
clairenelson
Hi Yoko! How are you? Do you think TV & films expand peoples” imaginations, or depletes them by presenting everything for us?
They don”t present everything for us. So we are safe.
andrewsongs
Do you still have an interest in collecting ancient Egyptian art? Have you been to Egypt & visited the pyramids, temples & tombs?
I”ve been to Egypt. I think my dream of collecting Egypt has been fullfilled at this point.
MSS614
Don”t you think it will take the effort of every human to attain peace?
Yes. And they will.
Ronda_the_great
Yoko I”m not very talented and well I just feel like I”m meant for more. How do become happy with my life?
You are talented. Only, you may have been barking up the wrong tree. Once you know what you are talented in, you will feel much happier.
slismiss
Please tell us your experience with culture shock in the West after leaving Japan for the first time. Thanks Yoko.
There was no culture shock since I have been exposed to both cultures from the beginning.
parker53
hi yoko whats your favorite food to eat?
Anything that tastes good at the time.
newvectors
If you were to imagine God, dancing -what would you see?
All people who are dancing on this planet and the Universe
eliseplain
Are you scared of flying? If you love to fly tell me why… Thank you Yoko. Oh, I love your album ( :
I”m scared of everything else the same. Life is scary. But it’’s exciting as well…like flying,
geemtz
How do you deal with a feeling like frustration?
I count all my blessings.
OBoogieWinston
Dear Yoko, what are your beliefs about 2012?
I think it will be another beautiful year.
mstut8
Where is your favorite place to go on vacation, and what is your favorite thing to do there?
I have not had a vacation in ages so I don”t know. My vacation is breathing between my work.
startBeing
when will people realize the illusion (stemming from our perception of time) that we are all separate?
We are separate and together at the same time…llike the cells in our bodies.
Dramathan
Who is an artist you would like to collaborate with that you havent?
I can”t think of one.
ryukun0413
音楽を作る/演奏するにあたって一番気を配っていることとは何ですか？
I like to make music that generates hope and love in me an in others.
MackMasterRaySh
Good morning, Ms.Ono. Of all the albums you and John created together, which one stands out as your favorite and why?
It was all good. I love all of what we created together.
miranda_tweets
Dear Yoko, what was your most refreshing dream? (Mine was a dream where you gave me a lovely cup of tea in a gallery.)
I liked the one in which John and I had a laugh together.
tragedy17
is there a way to make water as peaceful as possible?
Water is peaceful…as long as we don”t mess with it.=
laughingfreedom
How do you think John would feel having an ice cream flavor made in his honor?
Connecting the name of Ice-cream with World Peace was a good one. He would have approved.
antoniocarlos_m
What we could do for become the people more lovely and recover the peace ?
You have to first become lovely yourself. That’’s easy. Because you are lovely. Once you find that out, people will follow your example and find their loveliness.
carrriehere
what is your most memorable/favorite moment with john?
Every moment.
pmcphedran
Do you still ride your bike?
Not in the city, as I am now.
RichardMetzger
Do you find that children “get” your conceptual art pieces better than adults?
Not necessarily. There are kids who think they are grown ups and don”t want to know anything that smells like kid stuff. And there are grown-ups who are still kids at heart who clearly get my work.
shinojapan
What is your favorite things which you have recently started?
Doing Rock & Roll concerts.
climenhaga
What was your favorite activity to do/play when you were a child?
Create a make believe world by myself to play with it.
factory_worker
What’’s your favorite song to dance to?
Anything with a good beat.
Jmozz60
hello yoko . How did you choose the musicians that would play on the album?
It was almost a coincidence, and a good one.
tbs_channel
did you teach japanese to Sean??
No. But he learnt it the way all of us learn a language. Being in Japan and Japanese people.
ChrisV71
Yoko, you seem so busy, what do you like to do in spare time, do you watch TV at all if so what do you like to watch?
I”m afraid I don”t watch TV so much anymore. It cuts in my reading time.
ComfortablySmug
Do you have your son provide feedback while you work on an album?
Not much.
eliseplain
Dear Yoko, how did you get to accept, or like, yourself? ”Cause I tend to be in war with myself. Thank you so very much! Love
When you live long enough with yourself…there’’s not much choice but to start liking the only one who stayed with you.
GMsupr
Where did you get your inspiration to Healing song?
Music is healing.
chameleoncloud
Do you want to do more POB albums, and could the group change?
I don”t think that far.
GrumpyShopkeep
If any, which is your personal favourite track on your new album? Thanks for your time! X
I like them all at this point. Otherwise, why bother giving to you?
Dream8581
Yoko, I admire your vibrance and positive spirit! What has brought you the most joy over the years?
Every day when the sky is blue.
tuesdayxxiii
minimalism or maximalism? why?
Minimalism allows you to stick to essentials. It’’s a question of how you want to use your energy.
tuesdayxxiii
what is your favorite song by another artist at this very moment?
Magic by Sean Lennon
PlayingDressUp
If you could trade places with any person or object for 24 hours, who/what would it be, and why?
I don”t have the time to trade places with anybody or anything. Why should I, is what I ask?
sierraohh
what is the best way to get rid of negative emotion?
Not get rid of it, but just use it….like the salt in your food.
crystinamarie
Do you know a good mantra I can say to myself when I feel frustrated/annoyed?
Start dancing….physically or in your mind. Make sure to put on your favorite music for it. Keep dancing.
DjLaurieB
Peace & love to you today! WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?
When I see that the sky is blue!
mstut8
My cousin is getting married this weekend, do you have any advice on love and having a happy marriage?
When anything goes wrong, just know that in ten years, you will look back and laugh about it together. That is, if you kept yourself healthy and stayed together at least for 10 years. Marriage can have some serious ups and downs. But if you stayed with it, it gets better with age. That’’s what John and I discovered.
florabarone
do you still like to knit and crochet?
I stopped doing it when I started doing computer. Makes sense, right?
DolphinsAMar
The Dreamscapes in The Beatles RockBand are visually amazing art. Do you have favorites and did you help in any?
I”m very happy the way it is.
twitwalk
How would you complete this thought: “Your attitude is the one thing you can change that…”
It says it, no addition necessary. But if you insist: “Your attitude is the one thing you can change in any circumstances.”
corinaballerina
What’’s the strangest dream that you”ve ever had? I love hearing dream stories!
I”m sure you love to hear dream stories.
mjboyce
how beautiful is the creature within compared to the creature without?
We are all bweautiful, inside and out. See it with your mind’’s eyes clearly.
georgiaelizabee
the album is filled w/ energetic inspiration. Do you find it exhausting when inspiring (others), how do you recharge yourself? <3
I never get exhausted making music. It seems that the act of making music alone has the power to keep energizing you and you get recharged just by breathing air. Music and air. Once the wheel starts to turn, it’’s hard to stop.
I think of the old film RED SHOES, in which a ballerina cannot stop dancing when she wears the red shoes. Red shoes, in my case is my obsession to make music. As spent as you get, the seduction of making music all night, and coming back home when the sun is about to rise, is hard to refuse.
I also think of that story of Mozart when he could not stop writing music he heard in his mind as he was dying. You can call it the obsession of all who engage in witnessing the newfound land. It is magical. Exciting and humbling at the same time. The want and urge of wanting to share what you have witnessed does not come to you until a little later.
Sometimes, the volcano in my body doesn”t let me stop spewing out fire. Sometimes the river of water in my soul comes out with gentle urgency to reach the ocean in the horizon. Fire, water, both are energy of love. I know.
florabarone
you have moved from harsh sounds to sweet. is this a reflection of, or a projection on, your experience of the world now?
If you listen to some of my past records, you will experience songs that touch your delicate nerves as well. But the harsh ones were really my signature sounds. I wanted to break the sound barrier with those sounds. The world needed to listen to our scream.
jlondon
music is ever evolving, what has evolved in your music up til today? And what does your music try and achieve?
I am evolving every day. My music is the result of it. And I noticed that many of the songs in this album were particularly different from the ones in the past albums. The songs in this album were touching our nerves in a more intricate way… for healing. This is an age in which we need a universal healing. Healing can only be done with very sensitive concern for the genuiness of the sounds to heal us. Sounds made for preaching or with commercial intent, do not have the right effect for healing. All through the recording, I felt like I was on a tight rope, trying to keep it right. At the same time, I was feeling totally free. I hope the sounds in this album will touch people, open their hearts and help to heal.
chameleoncloud
Sean mentioned that you freestyled a lot of the lyrics on the new POB record. Had you done this on any previous record?
Yes. I have. But this time, I felt strongly, that I have achieved the ease of doing it now on a higher level. Like a Zen Monk who has meditated for 50 years. Well, a little more than that, in my case.
chanmoss
which new song(s) give you chills up your spin in the best way? chandler here, we met several years ago through rufus w. hi !
Oh, hi, Chandler. They all do, in different ways. Each song touches a special chord in my body, and hopefully, in yours, too.
fayth00
Yoko, what was your inspiration for the new album? what made you make a new one now?
I have not made an album for a few years. The reason being, from after 9/11, I concentrated my mind and body to the effort of IMAGINE PEACE, and activities for it: ONOCHORD, WISH TREE, IMAGINE PEACE TOWER. Sometimes I missed going to the studio to make music, but I thought that can wait. When Sean suggested that I make a record with Chimera Records, I said okay. But since for the longest time I was in a different groove with IMAGINE PEACE – hopping around the world, part of me was not sure if the inspiration will come in like it has in the past. Once I went into the studio, those concerns disappeared immediately. I found my mind being sharper and my delivery being more sensitive than ever.
mstut8
How large is your music collection and how do you like to listen to it? (Vinyl, CDs, MP3s)?
I just listen to CDs, because that is the simplest thing you can do when you are really busy. And I am. It’’s very much like drinking water in a paper cup instead of in a cup made of fine china. The only things I actually listen to are old Indian Indian music and gypsy music all with vocals. I have a special thing about vocals. Those vocals of people who have travelled far in life, take me to mountains and oceans I have never been to.
DolphinsAMar
Are there any famous musicians out there you would want to work with on a song?
I have always thought of myself as a lone wolf, in terms of composing music. That was partly because all my songs were created with my voice. I liked what I did with my voice, and when I did, i knew it was complete. All I needed was to get musicians to do accompaniments to my voice. But just the other day, I thought I might not mind doing a creative duet with another voice. So who knows.
RobDrinkenstein
what is your favorite track on the new record and why? thank you.
Just now, I like them all. If I don”t, why would I share them with you?
FishEgg
do you feel like you”ve come full circle with the release of this album and working with Sean?
I don”t know what you mean by full circle – sounds like you”re talking about the end of the line. I think it is more like we came to the top of the spiral together- to keep spiralling to the future.
cherry75
Any advice for New Moon?
Pray to the new moon, like ancient people use to do. It will make a difference in your days until the next new moon.
mhk7
Recently, Japan’’s bento culture is remarkably well-developed. Do you know kyaraben?
I don”t. Will be something I will find out on my next trip there.
artdebogallery
Yoko, do you remember your past lives?
I get an inkling once in awhile. Yes.
cherry75
Do you still feel John’’s presence?
Yes. I think so.
jonfingas
What was your experience like singing on “Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill?” Nervous at all?
I wasn”t nervous.
squidyuk
What did you think of Eric Idle’’s The Rutles, and in particular the fact that the parody of you was wearing a Nazi uniform?
I”m sure they didn”t mean well to portray me like that. But these are people who would portray the Queen of England as a not so attractive person. I was in good company!
jesmmifs
what do you think about the Vatican ”forgiving” Lennon?
I am thankful that forgiveness was expressed by the Vatican to John. That meant that the Vatican had sent that message out to all the catholic believers. How many catholics were there in the world, who kept there grudge against John until then? Probably many. So you see how big what the Vatican did?
joolsjoyce
What’’s more important: knowledge or faith?
Integrity.
What was the inspiration for your “Cut” piece?
There are many layers of symbolism in that work.
seanmoriva
What did you think of the new remasters?
I think it’’s fantastic.
geemtz
What did John mean with the phrase: “Happiness is a warm gun”? What
happiness means to you?
That was a fun theatrical. He was a cowboy expressing how good it felt to make love.
alboreto
Will we ever see Meltdown show(June 2009) entirely on DVD or online? I was there and it was so great, I”d love to relive it!
Excitement is always experienced by never recorded the same.
crystinamarie
What are ur thoughts on death? I have been thinking alot about our demise & it fills me w/fear. How should I view death?
Any thought that fills you with fear is something you want to drop it once and come back looking it from a different angle. Yes. You have to do it. You can”t ask another person to figure it out for you.
capnmarrrrk
Would it be possible for you to define “What is Art?” in one Twitter Tweet? And would you?
Power of healing and creativity.
seanmoriva
Do you lament the impulse of interviewers and fans to ask you about John Lennon, even after all this time, instead of about you?
If I had been lamenting all this time, I would not be here now. I would have been destroyed from my resentment long time ago. I never resented.
newvectors
When will there be surcease of sorrow?
Don”t avoid sorrow. Sorrow teaches you. And the tears make you stronger and more beautiful.
crazybabyz
what’’s your favorite candy?
I”m not a candy person. I love chocolate! But that’’s not candy, is it?
margaretellie
What is your favourite colour, and why?
All colours. Because they are all beautiful.
xmagggieex
did you ever want to have more children when you had the chance?
I am very happy with what I have.
corinaballerina
How did you like the movie ”Across the Universe”, and their covers to all of those Beatles songs?
I thought the performers were all exceptionally good. I hope this film would give all of them a great career break.
elvira_blanco
We are always told not to lose hope, and we try… But what if we do lose it? How do we get it back?
It’’s like when you”re learning horse back riding and fall. You have to get up right away and get on that horse. If you lose hope, just go right back to hoping.
Matt5413
Yoko, will you be touring at all with the Plastic Ono Band?? If so please come to MA! love matt!
We”ll come to you in a slow boat to China….But measnwhile, just remember, we are connected with MOVING MOUNTAIN…
bluemcniel
If you could relive one day over again, what day would that be?
The day John and I met the first time. I just want to know what was happening. it must have been some miraculous day for us. We knew it, and we didn”t at the same time…
jeremyleow
I”d love to visit your imagine peace tower memorial to John. Advice needed on how to get to Videy Island from Reykjavik
Island of Videy is about three minutes from Reykjavik on boat. It’’s like from New York to New Jersey. You will find it a very pleasant trip.
cutebeatle
Peace & blessings to you Yoko. My question: Did John ever discuss “A Day in the Life”? If so, what were his feelings about it?
He was rather proud of that one.
amberindiegirl
Could you describe your album in one word?
Fun.
cmdnrcks
what are the best thing about recording this album?
I”ve learnt a lot, again.
jonstaebell
Who in this world would you most want to listen to “Between My Head and the Sky?”
Anybody who needs to listen to this CD.
capitolrock
besides peace what was your motivation for making a new album now?
Peace.
louis_louis_66
Hello Yoko, are you still experimental with the music on your new album?
Yes. I am being daring in a different way from the first YOKO ONO PLASTIC ONO BAND
TorVoller
What was your inspiration for the album?
The feeling I got from talking to all of you.
thestoreys
do you believe in forgiveness?
Yes. If only for a very selfish reason. By not forgiving, I will be carrying that heavy load of anger, which will exhaust me, and, eventually, make me sick.
jenkinvanzyl
why did you split up the beatles?
I didn”t.
monkeypie
Alright, Yoko, I”ll nibble… my question is: “why?” and I mean this in the biggest sense… love yer posts
I”m asking you!
eliseplain
I love Francesca Woodman’’s work. I think about her death at 22. Why these things happen? Why some beautiful people decide to die?
Because talent is a very heavy thing to carry.
robbelaw
how and where do you consign memories and do they have any relevance to this moment?
I try to brush off memories so my head can be always fresh and active.
geemtz
any plans to come to México to show your art work? I think younger generations would be able to relate to a culture of peace.
I know! It’’s so great that this generation is into Peace naturally. I have been to Mexico to show my work, already.
noOscars4oldwmn
L7 used your voice as a guitar solo effect on “Wargasm”. It was amazing, have you heard it? What did you think?
I am very honoured that they did that. Thank you, L7. yoko
Fiona_Berry
What’’s the best piece of advice you ever received?
I am a result of many good advices and bad advices I”ve received in life, I”m sure. So what’’s new?
Lancebowski
Yoko, do you have a favorite Joni Mitchell song?
I like her songs, period.
ctbgirl
What do you write / draw in the sky if you have a pen for the sky?
I love you!
thecliks
What memory do you hold as probably being the most influential life changing experience that helped mold u as an artist?
The Roller-coaster life of mine, every minute of it, did infuence my creative work, I”m sure.
jspmartin
Dear Yoko, what was the last album you bought?
Sean’’s Friendly Fire. You should, too. It’’s a good one.
JenniferPage1
In your relationship w/ John that was filled w/ so many pleasant moments, what one of those moments stands out to you the most?
Every day we were together was very, very special.
Baileynews
What are your reflections on Grapefruit 30+ years later? It was almost Twitter pre-Twitter, a mon avis.
I don”t reflect. I”m still moving on.
G_Greenhouse
how have you transformed anger? what part has art played in this and do you liken your art to spiritual practice? peace
Art is a spiritual practice.
studioconover
lao tzu says “we shape clay into pot but it’’s emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. what do u hold inside?
I hold myself inside.
andrewsongs
What is the question you most wish to answer?
Try me.
HappinessInside
Hi Yoko, what significant item do you have planned for yourself in the next year?
To stay healthy, mind and body.
andyandyfleming
What’’s your favorite sandwich?
I don”t eat sandwiches anymore, because of the bread and the butter that are holding them. I use to love cucumber sandwiches on a summer afternoon with a cuppa – an old english thing.
bykrhen
When do you feel the most alone?
When I am in a crowd of people or somebody who is suppose to be close to me, and aren”t.
everyonebutsix
Hi Yoko! What activities do you think are more fun to do on your own, rather than with other people?
Daydreaming
FirstAngelG
Where were you 8 years ago on September 11, 2001? Were you in NYC at the time? What are your thoughts about that day?
It reminded me of the days in Second World War.
corinaballerina
Are you a believer in aliens or that there’’s other life out in space Yoko? Just curious. (:
I am sure there is other life out in space. I am not surprised that some of them have been visiting us already.
nhoskin
Can you be too compassionate?
Yes. if you ignore to be compassionate to yourself and your family because of it.
AyamiTogari
Which one is the most powerful word we should randomly repeat?
Yes. to life.
DonnaR_32
Hey Yoko! What is the most memorable dream you have ever had?
It’’s not for sharing.
Derfdogdreams
Hi Yoko. I have a question, if people organgized a “Sick-In-Bed In” 4 Heath&Caring would you support the effort?
I know that there are organizations like that already at least in New York. Check out the existing ones and see if you want to do something different/similar. I only support well organized existing orgniazations.
jesmmifs
How can I make people understand that there is nothing more important than peace and love?
Just don”t preach. Envelope them with your peace and love. They”ll get the message, very soon.
bluemilk
What are you like as a mother? What aspect of motherhood changed you most?
I”m just an ordinary mother who is trying to do her best…like all of us are wanting to do the best for the world. It’’s a humbling experience.
tbs_channel
オノヨーコさんに質問、今週は what is your favorite karaoke songs? Do you sing Japanese songs sometimes?
I just don”t have the time to go to a karaoke bar now. But that is not true, actually. Sean and his girlfriend were at a karaoke bar last night until dawn. I Just thought I needed the sleep to cope with the next day. Well, I could have gone with them instead… Again, it’’s all in my mind, what I can”t do…
androidqueen
How do you feel about fame and infamy?
All fame is infamy, and all infamy is fame. Good luck to whoever is famous. It is not easy. It could break your heart. But then, there are other ways you could break your heart….
johnmswan
When you are alone and look in the mirror, what do you see?
I see a person needing to smile.
yingtaozhi
what keeps you living?
My heart.
KerryMano
Are you happy for the win of Yukio Hatoyama and the DPJ? ( I am! =] )
Change is always a blessing.
ericap0128
If I were to get a tattoo of one of John Lennon’’s quotes, which one would YOU say holds the most meaning of his words?
It depends on what you like.
jeffinition
How do you feel about the whole dog costuming issue?
Some people make music, some people make costumes. I hope they love doing it.
Plasticpoem
Dear Yoko, What is the paper & print media for you? Do you think of the future of paper & print media?
Are you talkin” eco? Well, it’’s not so nice to keep cutting trees to make paper. But “there’’s no problem, only solution.” As the wise man said. I am more concerned about “The Slave Next Door” in USA. If the paper is use to print that message so we can abolilsh slaverly, well….for now, I”ll go for that.
HanDuran
Is it the small things in life that inspire you or the much bigger things?
Small things are very, very important. Let’’s stop defining “small” and “large,” okay? I”m large. Let’’s start with that.
artshaman
What do you have faith in?
myself, people, our planet, and the Universe
Paulette_Cates
What place in nature most inspires you?
Where nature is still nature.
annebendixen
Do you feel at home in any other country than America? If yes, which one and why. Or is the world your everchanging home?
I feel comfortable in most anywhere. I love everywhere.
andyandyfleming
If you could be either cookie or the cream of an Oreo, which would you be?
I would run like hell so I don”t have to be either!
rogerioche
how can we make real art and pay the bills?
My solution was to earn my living by doing somethig else, so I won”t start to make art hoping that I could sell.
corinaballerina
what is something you think every person on this planet should experience in their life?
Love.
love_hikouki
１日の睡眠時間は、何時間ですか？ How long time do yousleep in a day?
I sleep as much as I sleep. If I had a deadline project or something, I will wake up suddenly, thinking about it. Then, I take a nap after I”ve worked on the deadline.
Moonweeded
What do you think happens between death & birth?
As if I care!
5dai
What will you do if there were no problem at all in the world?
I will look for you!
STPfreak1985
Hi Yoko! How are you going to celebrate John’’s birthday?
As usual: With lots of love for him, and with people with lots of love for him.
raochan
What will you do on 911?
I hope I don”t have to.
Trocs
You have a gift of eloquent expression! What do you attribute this to?
You, I have to communicate to.
nicolethensaid
Do you celebrate John’’s birthday every year? If you do, how do you celebrate it?
With love.
Ashley_____Rose
How do you feel about Sean and his girlfriend recreating the Rolling Stone cover you and John did?
Wow! I didn”t know that they were doing it. I would love to see it!!! You see, it’’s good to stick around so you are surprised by wierd stuff like that… =
margaretellie
Where do you find peace in such a troubled world? Which places make you feel at one?
Inside of me.
bryan4celtics
Yoko what to you is the most prominent issue the world faces? Global warming? Famine?genocide? Etc..
My mental and physical health. And yours.
nzipit
My dearest Yoko,during your bitter sweet journey of life,when reflecting ,through it all,what keeps you grounded?
My love for the earth planet.
zwitscherrob
Did you meet Arthur Janov in the 70s in person? If so what was your impression of him?
He is a very warm and intellegent guy.
mstut8
What got you interested in Twitter?
A chance to communicate with you.
SpyVibe
Thanks for supporting my art students at Putney School (Aurora H) Do you have words of encouragement for my new San Fran artists?
The vibrations sent out by us artists, cover the earth planet with wisdom and love, create world peace, and send good vibration to the Universe. Be true to yourself. You are beautiful.
love_hikouki
Which temple is the most favorite by you in Kyoto ? 京都で一番好
きなお寺はどこですか？
ミんな だいすきです
mhk7
What do you think about “Soushoku danshi”(herbivore men) ?
Well, I must be one. I”m sure it applies to some women, too. One day, we will all be herbivore creatures.
warpaint
How do you think the role of women will change in the next 40 years?
Why limit it to 40 years? I think all of us, men and women will keep changing for many centuries from here on. We are all standing at the threshold of the new age in which change will keep occuring as every day phenomenon. Fear no. It will be very, very good.
lucy_ball MrCoolDude
That do you find most puzzling about the world?
Things are puzzling only when you don”t understand them. All things are clear and waiting for us to understand.
Did you like helping to make beatles rock band keep on smiling too
Well, It was my pleasure. Rock Band is an educational video game. The Beatles” Rock Band is the second revolution. The first one was when the Beatles became the Beatles, initiated and put together by John Lennon. By the music education they get from it, the next generation will make our planet into a planet of music, sending music out to the Universe. Universal Peace is right around the corner.
katelaity
Will you ever make your art films available on DVD? I know I asked you this before, but I still want them!
I am busy doing so many things now. So we”ll see.
MarlonskiGER
How do you describe your new album?
I made it with love. yoko
bfgray
Yoko, do you ever procrastinate – ever put off things you need and want to do, just to stare out the window for hours?
I do. But I know that I only give myself problems later by doing that. So I try to use every hour of the day contructively as possible. For instance, I am so busy on this tour, I don”t have the time to go to the gym and also make time for a morning confirmation in this brief hotel living situation. But I found a way to solve this problem. I now do my confirmation of the day, as I am on treadmill! Well,that’’s an easy one, you”ll say.You don”t have to be a genius to think that one. Right. I”m just giving you an easy example.
Derfdogdreams
hi. From reading your comments I get the impression that Carl Jung is one of your teachers. Not sure. If not who has taught you?
They say aquarians are like this. So I don”t think it is a very special trait of mine. But I usually like to learn of a balanced situation, in real life or in philosophy. If I”ve read confucius, I also want to read Lao Tsu. If I”ve read Cal Jung, I also want to find out what Sigmund Freud have to say. They are all like blind men touching parts of an elephant and thinking what they are touching is the elephant!
br1xt0n
where do you think ideas come from?
From an idle head.
masa_36
Japan government will be soon changed, how do you imagine or expect, if any, to the new administration?
Establishment politicians are all bound with red tape, and cannot do much as they promise in their campaign. The true power is with the people. To watch who becomes the president is still interesting since it shows what thirty percent of the people in this country is wanting. Yes. Only 30 percent of the people are voting, so far, here. That just means, the Japanese press is still independent from the political groups enough to report truthfully…unlike some country.
robbelaw
do you turn the tap off when you brush your teeth – it saves 6 litres water per minute!
Well, something like that. I use a mixture of natural water purifier and regular tap water to wet my brush with. This not only saves water, but the natural water purifier gives you immunity to colds and such.
EarthNymph
What do you think the difference is between loving somone and being in love with someone?
Love comes from your wisdom, capacity to understand. Being in love comes from your emotion, capacity to be passionate. Either is enjoyable and workable, depending on the circumstances.
vagabond_blue
What makes ^you^ happy? <3
Happiness is what you deem a situation to be…when you want it to be.
ilovegeniuses
Do you think everyone has a soul mate somewhere in this world?
I don”t think a soul mate is necessarily limited to one person. Your soul mate, in fact, represents a whole wide world, and more. In fact, one day, you will see that all of us on this planet are soul mates who chose this planet to be our home.
MyrCas
If we were to eliminate hunger and provide everyone with most basic needs, the result would be collective Peace. Agree?
If all of us will erase greed from our minds and work with love instead, we will have collective peace, as you say. Yes.
LoucytheScene
What is your favourite word?
IMAGINE
loveistheanswer
How much of John do you see in your son, Sean? In what ways is Sean Lennon reminiscent of John? xo
They are both very emotional and passionate people of their beliefs. But they are also quick to accept their mistakes when they find out that their passion was based on faulse information.
GerardLaLune
Yoko, why are we not satisfied with all we already have and always want more?
Actually, that is not that bad. There are still so many of us suffering injustices in this world. If you are dissatisfied for them… well….let’’s want more for them and do something about it.
what is the first song you remember having a visceral reaction to upon hearing?
All three:
Wozzeck by Berg
Telephone by Menotti
Three Penny Opera by Weil & Brecht
Yanayaya
just how precious is this human rebirth we”ve taken in the endless cycle of suffering? Love to you Yoko
I am thankful every day for standing on the threshold of the most incredible, magical new age together with all of you.
lilcrow78
Of your accumulated knowledge on earth, what is the one piece of advice you have to offer for future generations?
As we are also the future generation, let us move on with the feeling of victory of our spirit and wisdom. Let us not waste our time and enegy on hate and revenge. Choose life of love. Then health will be with you. If you choose life of anything else, your life will be confusing and boring at best.
lieve26
It’’s been such a long time since we were pulled back. Is this the time we can go forward further with love and peace?
It’’s all up to what we really want. As long as you have fear and doubt, we will not get it.
jaaack23
If you could play only one song to explain to someone who John Lennon was, what song would you choose?
John’’s songs were all so real. He was not afraid to sing about all aspects of his emotion, postivie or negative. But if you want to choose one that really spoke what he believed in, it will be ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE and IMAGINE.
rolocreative
It’’s said John was very fond of Ringo, almost protective. True? And, if so, to what extent. Thank You, YOKO
Yes. He was very protective of Ringo. Eventhough the extent never had a chance to be shown, since Ringo, in his gentle way, was not the type to ask for help. He could take care of himself.
frunobulax19
Did you ever offer chocolate to John Lennon as a token of affection?
No. I didn”t like chocolate, myself. I also knew the sugar content of chocolate was not good for anybody. John and I were macrobiotic most of the time, as you know.
a_cup_of_chie
Have you ever wanted to be anonymous?
I don”t have the time to indulge in thinking of “what ifs.” I just deal my hand every day in the best way I can. And be thankful of all the blessings and blessings in disguise I am receiving in life. Life is quite educational. Even now, for me.
nomes_tweets
What are you eating, reading, watching and listening to?
Eating what I want in small amounts at a time.
Actually, I am just now reading piles of legal papers and documents and various requests from various groups.
I am in Tokyo on a brief visit, and have been watching and listening to the Japanese election going on right now on news as well.
And, by the way, I”m triying to answer your questions as correctly as I can.
limmoraliste
Is art necessarily/always political or can “autonomous” art effect social change as well?
All art is communication. All communication sends vibration to outside. All vibration effects social change.
teledyn
could tokyo someday replace NYC as the center of pop culture & if so how, if not why not?
I don”t believe in centralization of culture. I am for decentralization. But it will not hurt to give a pride of being centralists to people. It is, in fact, necessarily for one to believe in one’’s spiritual center inside one. I think that is lacking in the people of Japan, now, in all fields. All people of Japan should know that your center is centrally important to the whole world. Start with that.
QueenPebblez
What is the most interesting book you ever read? Your favorite?
I”m like a goat that eats paper. I”m constantly reading. Three books at a time. So I can”t think of the most interesting book. Any book I read to the last page was an interesting book.
tbs_channel
Hi Yoko! What kind of TV program do you watch or you want to watch? Tell us your favorite program!
I like the english master piece theatre which you can watch on channel 13 in new york. But they don”t show that every day. For every day, I go to the world news, and the news journalists, or whatever you call them.
CubyPoldark
If you had a 1 hour TV special, what would you show the world?
What is really happening in the world. But I won”t do that because the rating will be so low, I”ll be fired immediately.
lamattmazur
what kind of films do you enjoy?
I love films that are not phony.
ASOS_Ben
Are you making another album? Blueprint for a Sunrise and Yes, I”m A Witch were fantastic.
Funny you asked. Well, I happen to have made a new album now, called BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY. It will be out in September. If you enjoyed Blueprint and The Witch, you will love this one, too.
perobscurius
What are some songs you like to listen to when its raining?
Indian music with tabla and voice.
blueskytiger
if you were to be stranded on an island w/ only three albums that you could listen to…?
I will try not to be stranded on an island. I may just start to look for coconuts, instead of albums if I were stranded. on an island.
oceancrayon
if you could collaborate on a song with any artist, living or dead, who would you choose and why?
Do I have to? I like being an individual.
L_HerschkornArt
Yoko, why do you think humans have the ”gift” of imagination, metaphor and interpreting the world with creative expression?
I have no idea. But let’’s stop asking and just be thankful that we have that gift.
vitri
what did you mean by “when 2 are wishing in unison, both karmic pasts must be cleared” thank you- peace
The karmic past of two people could be so different, that they may not be able to wish for the same thing.
zwitscherrob
Do you agree that the deceased loved-ones are still somehow around trying to help and protect us?
Of course. And they whisper to you things. But don”t listen to them always. Sometimes they are wrong. If they said “jump in the river.” when they know you can”t swim, you should know that they are terriblly wrong.
wsaporito
Do you believe we will ever achieve peace?
It will not come as long as you are doubting.
lesbiandotpro
why do you think we humans don”t seem to want peace? We could have it, we just seem to not want it enough…
We do. But we are scared of it at the same time. We think it will be boring. Well, let’’s discuss that when we finally achieve peace…
Derfdogdreams
after 40 years, do you believe our planet and it’’s people are closer to peace? Thanks.
Definitely. Many people are talking about it. Like you are. This did not happen 40 years ago.
CellyBell
What are some small, local steps you think people can take to promote peace in their daily lives?
Just be yourself. I have to tell you this story. I always thought and said that everything we do and think will influence the whole world. So we don”t have to feel we should do something special. Just thinking is enough. Now two scientists researched for two years how waves are made in the ocean.
They came to the conclusion that anything, even a little pebble you throw in the ocean, effects the whole ocean! Figure out from that, if you want to know what people can do in their daily lives to bring world peace. Just be your good self, with good thoughts.
hidetomotanaka
Dear Yoko, do you think art can help us become a better, loving individuals?
Anything you do creatively, will give you satisfaction, and make you feel better about yourself and others. Keep doing that and you will have so much love for yourself, the human race, the planet and the universe, you won”t know what hit you.
NickyNu_Nu
When u leave this world, what do u want us most to absorb from your legacy and that of John Lennon’’s?
If the memory of us would give you energy and inspiration, use it to make a good life for yourself and your family. But if you decide to forget about us and move on, that’’s fine, too.
bigbadbunny
will a rowboat work in outer space?
If you don”t lose your oar.
GeeJen
What do you think of the health care reform issues?
I will leave it to what happens. Whatever happens, we will find a way to make it good. Whatever happens, we will find a way to complain profusely.
twitwalk
What interesting questions do you ask yourself?
The quesiton I ask myself is not exciting or interesting… But if you want to know… I often ask if I am doing the right thing.
ctbgirl
What kind of food do you eat when you”re depressed / happy?
I think of eating chocolate, when I”m depressed. And I try not to eat it, because I have enough wisdom to know that it would depress me more if I did.
Oh, there’’s something I do to get out of depression. I walk about 80 city blocks. That gives me a real high. When I”m happy….do you want to eat anything when you are really, really happy? I don”t.
Jiboo76
what’’s your favorite childhood memory?
I was two and half years old in a hotel room. (Yes. I was very aware that it was just a hotel room.) My mother said the woman will be there for me. But the woman left, for whatever reason. The room was getting darker, and darker. I was getting really scared. So I pushed the chair to the wall where the light switch was, climbed up the chair with a great effort, and turned the light on. The room looked bare. But it was light. I always remember that look of the room. I felt proud that I turned the light on all by myself.
david_brady
hi yoko – have you ever collected anything and why?
I don”t think I had the patience to play the game of collecting, of whatever. In fact, come to think of it, I never did collect anything, except sea shells and pebbles. I collect them because they were pretty. I lost them because it was too cumbersome to hold on to them.
florabarone
what is your perception of time? how do you perceive the immediacy of the present moment with the long view of history?
I don”t separate the two. The present moment can be an eternity in time. History can be a blip in your memory.
mediator9
Dear Yoko: How do you deal with the passing of time. I miss being young. And miss people and places too long gone. Your thoughts?
They are not gone. You are now carrying them in your thoughts. They give you pleasure each time you think of them.
RStOfle
Please tell about the most interesting “telephone piece” conversation you”ve had.
They are all interesting. I think of the conversation as a piece of music. They cough, I laugh, they laugh, I pause and it always ends with a click.
noriming
Could you tell me how to cross over lightly, like you, between East and West?
You should know that East is a mirror of the West, and vice versa. And there’’s no crossover. We are one.
crystinamarie
I feel like I”ve lost my imagination & creativity I once had prior to my 9-5 job. How do i reignite it & become inspired again?
You are looking at 9-5 job as a downer. Don”t. It is a blessing that was given to you to excercise your brain. Typing can be a meditation. Filing things can be a meditation. Eating lunch can be a meditation. In other words, work can be a meditation, if you let it be. Keep meditating and you will recover your inspiration.
jointheleanrat
How many Fluxus artists does it take to change a lightbulb?
First you must find out if the lightbulb needs changing.
mysteryj33914
Do you meditate?
Life is a continuous meditation.
papercutlet
How fast must you move
before you reach your top speed
and achieve stillness?
You don”t have to move at all to achieve stillness. Do you?
ordinarydays_tw
What dance do you like? When with whom do you dance?
I dance in my mind. Life is my dance.
Derfdogdreams
Yoko, In one of your last tweets you observed panic in the air. I agree. What can we do to reduce the level of panic? thanks
We should keep talking to each other. Keep holding each other in our minds. Keep loving each other in the way we know how to. Don”t let panic slip in between us. We are one. One body, one mind of very strong, intellegent and inspired billion.
NzingaTene
Was there ever a specific moment when you first realized that you were an artist? If so, please describe it. Thank you
I was lucky to know that I was an inventor from the age of around three. Inventor was the way I understood to be a creator of new work.
ilovegeniuses
Do you think anyone can be a good artist if he/she tries?
Of course! It all depends on what you love. If you love to be an artist you will be. If you love to be a truck driver you will be. I don”t know what you mean by “good” one. Are you a good one if you think you are? Are you a good one if others tell you that you are? How many people or kinds of people must tell you that you are a good one before you think you are?
briwal
What is the most inspirational sight you ever saw?
A person taking care of a baby with love in the person’’s eyes. That’’s always beautiful.
louis_louis_66
Do you still create art? and who, (if anyone) on the current art scene excites/stimulates you?
I am excited by my work at this moment. Well, let’’s not say “at this moment.” I am always excited when I am creating.
CaravanofTunes
do you ever have a favorite song that you wrote? My favorite was always Death of Samatha
Well, I really don”t look back. My favorite songs are the one I”ve created recently.
lisaradon
who are the artists whose work interests you now?
The truth is I don”t have time to be interested in an artist’’s work. I”m just totally into the work I am creating now.
thedreamergirl
dear yoko, are u ever sad about negative people who try to hinder good works, peace & love? if so, how do u handle this?
I am human and a very thin skin one, so, of course, I get upset. But the secret is to not be stuck in being upset. I just release that emotion, and move on.
thomashillman
In Art who is more important the artist or the viewer ?
A viewer becomes an artist, too, by viewing the work. You require the sensitivity of the artist, to understand the work. So both the artist and the viewer will be on the same page. They are both equally important in that sense.
Justin19954
How do you think John would have felt about The Beatles: Rock Band?
He would have loved it. The Besatles: Rock Band is about to create another revolution.
stupid_hamster
You are an inspiration to so many and a strong woman, where do you draw your strength?
From my soul and the Universe.
comedy_nerd
Does it annoy or disappoint that some of us most want to ask about the release of ”Hiroshima Sky is Always Blue”?
Wow! I think it’’s wonderful that some of you are asking for “Hiroshima Sky is Always Blue” to be released. I wasn”t aware of that.
ninja_radio
Yoko who are your personal inspirations? Do you have a Muse and who is she/he?
I am my personal inspiration. I and my very long experience of survival.
petenicely
Yoko, what are you reading now?
I”m reading: 1) Creative Visualization – a book you should read many times to just be reminded yourself of this wisdom
2) This is Your Brain: a good book to know about music in relationship to our brain
3) The Slave Next Door: to know what is really happening in our society. It’’s painful but you cannot keep sweeping reality under the rug.
I always read about two to three books at a time. There are so many good books which give your brain a boost.
chuchiface
As a mother, what peace promoting lesson would you want the mothers of the world to teach our children?
To let them know that everything they think, do, and say, effects the whole world – land and sea. So in a way, they should not worry that their voices will not be heard by the world. They are being heard at all times becaue we are one. They should imagine what they want, and that will be shared by the world.
Shlaay
Which – if any – spiritual teacher of our time has been MOST inspiring to YOU personally? ps i love you
Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and my partnership with John.
libraryeye
“We”re All Water” is one of my favorite songs! Please restore full-length version to any future reissue. The ending totally rocks!
libraryeye, I”m glad that somebody is listening to that song! yoko
nannette1094
John Lennon is smiling~And the world will live as one~thanks yokoono for endorsing the United Nations Oneness Day petition
Oneness is so important. It’’s how we get world peace. Love, yoko
Allan_Charles
Hello Yoko!!! Thanks a lot to follow me! I Would like to know when you will come back to Brazil!!! Peace and love !
I would love to come back to brazil! But this year I”m too busy. See you in 2010! Hopefully. Love,yoko
fidlerhe2009
Thanks again for sending out your messages of peace and love. It erases the mind of negative energy and promotes a positive force.
I”m always sending out the message of love and peace. Even when I”m asleep….You should, too. It’’s nice. It’’s simple. Once you start, you”ll love doing it. love, yoko
steveharris2
hows the view over central park today-been to NYC twice(2006 and 2008), most exciting city in the world
I am so lucky that I have the view of the Central Park from my window! It’’s beautiful every day. Lots of love, yoko
Intellexual
What do you do when you feel like the Universe has given up on you? Should I give up too?
The Universe has not given up on you, Intellexual. I think you will upset the balance of the Universe if you ever think of giving up. Just don”t. Your existance is important to all of us on Planet Earth.
getglamage
Yoko! THANK YOU for having such an inspirational twitter account, you
may be the most enlightened one I”ve found yet
Thank you for your encouraging words. Okay, I”ll try to stay sane! yoko
alstoehr
I just wanted to say I think you are the most beautiful and wonderful creatures in the world. You”re work is stunning and revolutionary.
alstoehr, It was so warm today in New York City, it was exhausting! I needed a little encouragement. Thank you.
lulucian7
Yoko, I saw your exhibition in Sao Paulo and wrote about it. I love you, God bless us all
Yes. we all need a lot of blessings, don”t we? WE are getting it. Otherwisse, you and I would not be talking. We”ll be in somewhere very much like hell and screasming! yoko
Curly90
Hello Yoko, I really love your quotes about dance, I cannot dance anymore because of an illness but I still enjoying dancing in my dreams!
I truly hope you will one day shake off your illness, and dance around your world. But meanwhile, you are doing the right thing – dance in your dreams. Wow! you got the message. love, yoko
bbent63
Of the “famous” people on my twitter page, you are the only one willing to get direct messages . Says so much about you. Thank you!
Some people ask me if I am really me. So what can I say to that! Yes. I am. But even if I said that, some one can still ask Are you? So what can I say then? The world is full of impossibiities! Love, yoko’,
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What great books on creativity and conceptual art have you read through out your life that you consider really “mind blowing”? Thanks for all the inspiration you’ve given many… and me! Kiss Kiss Kiss!
Thanks for answering my question
Kisses and hugs!
Dear Yoko,
Your many fans have wanted to hear “Hiroshima Sky Is Always Blue” since we first heard of its’ recording in early 1995. I remember reading at the time that the song is about 7 minutes long, and that Paul McCartney gave you the master tapes to mix & produce as you saw fit. Yes, pease be aware that so many of us want to hear it – thank you thank you thank you! i ii iii
thank you so much for your response! i am honored
and of course, the response was very sensible, thanks again!
I love your responses, especially to “How many Fluxus artists does it take to change a lightbulb?” and “Will a rowboat work in outer space?”. I needed a couple of brief, light answers today to make me smile! Thank you, Yoko.
[...] today yoko ono took questions from a teeming host of questions and answered them: i had to chuckle at this one – it made me very happy: Dear Yoko, how can a loving parent help her child stop telling lies? Think of their lies as creative stories. Ask them to tell more and express your appreciation. Keep pushing for more stories. Ask them to write them as their diary. Soon then will want to write something real in their diaries…not fiction. If they want to keep writing fiction. Well, you will have a writer in your family! Yoko Ono Answers Questions [...]
[...] yoko ono There’s no false meaning that I can see. What’s wrong with thinking about rocks and the earth revolving the sun? I think it’s beautiful. [...]
Thank you for the reply, I am one of those afraid people. I love what you are doing, did not mean to be negative. x
Hi, Yoko.
What do you think that John would say about The fall of the Berlin Wall?
I’m french so, sorry for my english
Love.
Yoko, I have too much to say! But I’ll try to be brief. Thank you so much for the link to Anish Kapoor’s London exhibit. I did not know of him, but now I can see his art without leaving my desk! My favorite piece of his shown was YELLOW (1999). Within seconds of looking at it, my mind & eyes and the piece were playing a game with my perceptions – fascinating.
Thank you and your musicians so much for your album BETWEEN MY HEAD AND THE SKY, I love it! It is wonderful and I cannot say enough good things about it! I got Sean’s new ROSENCRANTZ AND GUIDENSTERN ARE UNDEAD album on Hallowe’en, and I love it too – great work Sean, can’t wait to see the film.
On tv, you and Sean on THE VIEW did a wonderful performance of the quiet and beautiful “I’m Going Away Smiling”. I could never do an interview with the hosts, they seem to talk so fast and at the same time. I’m a slow stream and they’re a waterfall!
So a peaceful song for the morning VIEW, and the wild & wonderful “Waiting For the D Train” for the late night Jimmy Fallon show. I loved seeing you and the band rock out! You just keep getting better.
There, that wasn’t brief at all, was it?
Laura Levin November 6 at 9:47pm
Dear Ms. Yoko Ono, I am currently an English teacher in Kyoto, Japan for high school students. If you could pass on some pearl of wisdom to the high school youth of Japan today, what would you tell them? Thanks!
hi Yoko I love you
here’s a question,what would you do when you are really depressed?
Dear bluesky9, thank you for your nice comment about the albums. I sent the copy of your email to Sean. yoko
Dear Laura Levin,
IMAGINE from John, RAINBOW REVELATION from me will cover what the students need to solve internal and external problems of our lives. I wish you all the best, yoko
IMAGINE
by JOHN LENNON
Imagine there’s no Heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
RAINBOW REVELATION
by YOKO ONO
Bless you for your anger for it is a sign of rising energy.
Direct not to your family, waste not on your enemy.
Transform the energy to versatility and it will bring prosperity
Bless you for your sorrow for it is a sign of vulnerability
Share not with your family, direct not to yourself.
Transform the energy to sympathy and it will bring you love.
Bless you for your greed for it is a sign of great capacity.
Direct not to your family. Direct not to the world.
Transform the energy to giving.
Give as much as you wish to take, and you will receive satisfaction
Bless you for your jealousy for it is a sign of empathy.
Direct not to your family, direct not to your friends.
Transform the energy to admiration and what you admire will become part of your life.
Bless you for your fear. For it is a sign of wisdom.
Do not hold yourself in fear.
Tranform the energy to flexibility and you will be free from what you fear.
Bless you for your poverty for it is a sign of great possibility
do not hold poverty in your mind.
Every drop of your generosity will come back in 10 fold.
Give as though you were a king, and you will receive a king’s due.
Bless you for your search of direction for it is a sign of aspiration.
Transform the energy to receptivity and the direction will come to you
Bless you for the times you see evil.
Evil is energy mishandled and it feeds on your support.
Feed not and it will self-destruct.
Shed light and it will cease to be.
Bless you for the times you feel no love.
Open your heart to life anyway, and in time you will find love in you.
Bless you, bless you, bless you.
Bless you for what you are.
Remember you are loved.
Remember I love you.
[...] Yoko QandA day http://imaginepeace.com/archives/7703 [...]
I wonder if your computer can read Japanese.
Dear Yoko:
Reading this has been deliciously enriching. I give thanks for you and for John and for all the many people out there who dare to IMAGINE better. The pretty blue pearl only needs love. If we will it to be so, it will be so.
On a personal note John’s ‘Mother’ helped me grow out of pain, His ‘Imagine’ helped me do just that, and your ‘Woman is the Nigger of the World’ taught me that I have an obligation to help my sisters. If that isn’t a healthy foundation for a young woman, I don’t know what is. Of course George, bless him, was also a major positive influence.
(And Revolution Number9 was always good background music for me for meditation..did you intend it that way?)
How fortunate that this GenX’r got to have you all on her non-stop play-list!
With Infinite Gratitude,
Clarisa
Dear Yoko,
I am a fan of yours especially John Lennon. I sent some questions in your Twitter account but no answer from you yet. Hope I could ask some questions since it is now available here in your site.
hope that it was not cheesy or corny as it is…
1. What food do you crave when you are pregnant with Sean?
2. What do you feel when your then newborn son was placed beside you; does John carried the newborn for you before placing to your side?
3. When you are pregnant with Sean, does John was actively taking care of you?
4. Do you play the piano when you are pregnant with him?
These are my questions and thanks if you answer some of it..
Sincerly yours
Sonia
Dear Sonia, All questions are important. So don’t think that you may be asking something cheesy or corny.
1. What food did you crave when you were pregnant with Sean?
Meat and cabbage
2. What did you feel when your then newborn son was placed beside you; did John carry the newborn for you before placing to your side?
John was carrying Sean all the way from the hospital to our bed in our apartment.
3. When you were pregnant with Sean, did John actively take care of you?
He was very caring. The doctor told us that, because of my high age, I had to be super careful and not move around at all. So John got a wheelchair for me, made me sit on it, and pushed it from our bedroom to the kitchen, every day, where our lunch was waiting. The lunch could have been brought to me in bed, but he thought I would like the idea of not being in bed all the time.
4. Did you play the piano when you were pregnant with him?
I played my favorite CDs of Indian Music and Opera for him. I did not think it was a good idea to let him experience an inferior performance, such as mine.