“When I was 4 years old my mother put me into an early music education school. That's where they taught you perfect pitch and harmony and how to write music and all that. At that time, one of the homeworks was to listen to all the sounds and the noise of a day and transfer that into musical notes.” WritingYearsSchoolMotherSoundPerfectTaughtHarmonyNotesMusicalNoiseHomeworkTransfersMusic EducationMusical Notes Author:Yoko Ono
“I think something that's very important for us to communicate is usually very simple. Like breathing: Breathing is very simple. You don't do a dissonant 9th harmony or something in breathing. You just breathe, you know. I think that's how it is with very important messages.” ThinkingKnowsImportantSimpleMessagesHarmonyCommunicateBreatheBreathing Author:Yoko Ono
“I started to notice that simpleness is divine. I think we all start trying to use very complex harmonies and rhythms and all that because of a certain kind of ambition. But I was always trying to create something simple.” ThinkingTryingKindUseCertainSimpleDivineAmbitionHarmonyComplexesRhythmAlways Trying Author:Yoko Ono
“Some people get medals and awards and all that, and maybe not intentionally - maybe the world is making them do it - but they sort of just follow what they were doing. Repeat or follow what they were doing all their lives, in their style of music or whatever. In my case, I always try to start from scratch. It's very nerve-wracking actually, but it's interesting.” PeopleWorldTryingInterestingCasesStyleRepeatsNervesAwardsMedalScratches Author:Yoko Ono
“Total relaxation is the secret to enjoying sitting meditation. I sit with my spine upright, but not rigid; and I relax all the muscles in my body.” BodyEnjoySecretMeditationSittingMusclesRelaxRelaxationSpine Author:Nhat Hanh
“I have a tendency sometimes to get too logical with what I'm writing, just because I want it to be kind of perfect.” WantWritingKindSometimesPerfectTendenciesLogicalBe Kind Author:John Cleese
“Sometimes I have compared myself with a scientist or something: when you discover something and you don't expect the whole world to understand it. I always thought I was doing that kind of activity, in art and in music too.” WorldKindArtSometimesWholeActivityScientistWhole World Author:Yoko Ono
“I really feel that artists or musicians are controversial people. Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. If people are not doing that, they're not artists - they're artisans.” PeopleIfsFeelsArtArtistCreativityMusicianControversyControversialArt And CreativityArtisans Author:Yoko Ono
“When you go on a stage, before you go on a stage you're really scared and you're really frightened. You don't know what to do. "Why did I say yes to this?" But once you're on the stage you think, "Okay."” ThinkingKnowsStageGoes OnOkayScaredFrightened Author:Yoko Ono
“Every time I create something, just before that there's a kind of - you're feeling very low, you're feeling very down and insecure. Then you create and then it's fine. This is the way I observe me doing it.” WayKindFeelingsFineLowsDown AndInsecure Author:Yoko Ono
