Nobody’s life is a bed of roses. We all have crosses to bear and we all just do our best.
I think that all women are witches, in the sense that a witch is a magical being. And a wizard, which is a male version of a witch, is kind of revered, and people respect wizards. But a witch, my god, we have to burn them.
Walking on thin ice, I’m paying the price. I’m throwing the dice in the air. Why must we learn it the hard way, and play the game of life with your heart?
What a beautiful future it will be! Don’t worry about life being boring. It will never be.
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.
Marriage is a gamble, let’s be honest.
When I turned 60, it didn’t bother me at all.
Transform jealousy to admiration, and what you admire will become part of your life.
I’m not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.
Everything has complexity. Everything has simplicity. You just grab it.
I think if you give in and accept society’s stereotypes, then you start thinking, ‘I cannot dance till late at night because I’m 70.’
Sometimes the father feels pushed out because of the connection between the mother and the child.
We need to really do something about the world. Otherwise, we’re all going to blow up together.
Society tells you that when you’re old you have to retire. You have to defy that.
Power is power. It’s energy. And if you get big, big energy, you can use that in a good way.
People just love to be entertained, and in order to entertain them, you have to do things in a way that they understand.
My life was pretty rough.
My husband John Lennon was a very special man. A man of humble origin, he brought light and hope to the whole world with his words and music.
I did not break up the Beatles. You can’t have it both ways. If you’re going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group.
My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds – a totally different dimension from the daily life.