I'm not interested so much in collaboration. You see that from the history of my albums.
It's a waste of time to think that if you colored a painting red what might have happened if you painted it black.
When I was four years old, my mother put me into a school for early music education where you get perfect pitch and harmony and composition.
I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.
All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!
I don't think you should always stay calm in a tense situation, because you might not ever confront the problem. Maybe it's better to actually let yourself be tense - and find a solution.
Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.
The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.
My heart is mysteriously alive in the world of sounds - a totally different dimension from the daily life.
The thing that would most improve my life is 27 hours in a day. I could meet all my deadlines.
John wrote with a very deep love for the human race and a concern for its future.
Society tells you that when you're old you have to retire. You have to defy that.
When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh.
I was born into a very important family in Japan. My grandfather was a descendant of the Emperor, and we were very wealthy.
Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.
We're growing up together, the human race. And we've discovered a lot of things that we didn't know. We're finding our way. Instead of thinking about doomsday all the time, think about how beautiful the world is. We're all together, and together we're getting wiser.
I'm kind of honored to be a dragon lady. The dragon is a very powerful, mythical animal.
We are all dreamers creating the next world, the next beautiful world for ourselves and for our children.
I relate to happiness as an ecstatic moment - something you don't create, you encounter.