(When) I read about the battle of the widows, I thought 'I'm not John's widow, Yoko is John's widow, |
[Confronted for the first time by the sight of her husband and his lover,] rooted to the spot in shock and pain ... John said, indifferently: 'No, thanks.' |
[Lennon was shot to death outside his New York City apartment building on December 8, 1980. He and Ono were married in 1969.] His life was a very driven one, a very compressed one, ... In his very short life, he did a lot for us. |
All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds! |
All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds! |
At this time I think it's important that we remember John for what he contributed to the world. For people who still love John's music and for those now getting into John's music, this opens up a whole new world in which they can appreciate John's music again. |
Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man |
Cosmetics is a boon to every woman, but a girl's best beauty aid is still a near-sighted man |
Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited. |
He was always jumping on the newest things and new media. He would be creating art on computers now. That's where he'd go. |
He was very astute about his work. If he didn't like it he'd immediately throw it in the trash can because he was fully aware that he was famous and it might get out there someday. |
He was very generous about it. I just wonder where those drawings went. |
He would just do it. He was a very talented guy, but very mercurial and quick. |
How could he be a friend when he was indicted for grand larceny and took so many things from us? |
I believe in people so much that if the whole of civilization is burned so we don't have any memory of it, even then people will start to build their own art. It is a necessity -- a function. We don't need history. |