Yoko ono : interview pour Ask Men

A l’occasion de la publicatyion du mix de la chanson « Kiss, Kiss, Kiss », Yoko Ono a donné une interview au magazine on-line « Askmen », que nous vous livrons ci-après :

Q: It is an honor to speak with you Yoko. Tell us about « Kiss Kiss Kiss. »

It was on Double Fantasy, the last album for John, and the song was on the album and it was a B-side as well.

Q: When you put out music, do you make an effort to have a « Beatles-link » or do you try to avoid that?

I was not trying to make it related, but in many ways, I guess I was (laughs).

Q: Besides the music, what have you been busy with?

I have been working on a new album — now I am ready to go in the studio again.

Q: Which artists do you like these days?

I just love anybody that does anything in the art world and the artistic world. We just have to keep working and I want everyone in the field to know that we support them.

Q: Where do your influences stem from?

I would say from everywhere, but some people say that it is like the Old Spanish classic theme… but I do not know where they come from, I would say from everywhere…

Q: What do you think of today’s boy bands, like ‘N Sync, the Backstreet Boys, Bazooka ‘N Tulips — will they have any longevity?

It is okay… but I think that the kind of music that we are doing is okay too… it is like flowers — we do not all like the same flowers, but they are all nice.

Q: What are your thoughts on the 1960s?

I think that the 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves. Those are nice thoughts, but today we have to know what we want to do and have a sense of what we want; so it is similar I guess, but in a different way. Some things were not right.

Q: Do you still listen to older stuff, like the Beatles?

Yes, once in a while… I still make some judgments on it; what the Beatles did was something incredible, it was more than what a band could do and we have to give them respect…

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