"I am no longer a rebel" Yoko Ono on The Today Show, BBC Radio 4, 19th June 2012

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Yoko Ono has returned to London with an exhibition at the Serpentine Gallery.

Speaking to the BBC's Arts editor Will Gompertz, she said she never chose to be an artist but art "was like a survival message" for her.
On her marriage with John Lennon, she said they had a "certain arrogance" and thought the public would accept them. "It was a surprise that people didn't like us," she admits.

"I was always a rebel, knocking down the door," she says about her image and reputation, "and now I'm not".
"Now the door is suddenly open I don't know what to do with it," she says.

23 comments

  • Antonella Francesca
    at 5:08
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    John fell in love with Yoko because of his need to find his mom and his emotional insecurity. Yoko was and is manipulative and controlling. She was after any Beatle and John was the most vulnerable.

  • LEAH GOMEZ
    at 2:38
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    I Celebrate Our Sisterhood Yoko Ono! You Are Still A Incredible Woman! ((*J*))

  • LEAH GOMEZ
    at 0:26
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    WE LOVE YOU YOKO ONO ALWAYS FOREVER YOUNG! THANK YOU> ((*J*))

  • cardell
    at 0:09
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    @thepeachjuicer: I think she’s a wonderful, intelligent, strong woman...
    ...maybe it’s them you don’t like. ;-)

  • Crussbeat
    at 1:47
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    So great!!♫

  • Oma trionfetti
    at 4:02
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    Art is standing naked,showing your insides,not pretty all the time...

  • Oma trionfetti
    at 2:24
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    Artist stay young all there lives,never forget to play..

  • Oma trionfetti
    at 1:26
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    Always an artist

  • MarilynHill
    at 1:09
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    wow, i didnt realize she was a year older than my mother! you look great, yoko! :-)

  • ozgrrlutopian
    at 1:23
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    love your work Yoko

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