When I turned 60, it didn’t bother me at all.

In this remark Ono frames aging—specifically the culturally loaded milestone of turning sixty—as emotionally neutral rather than alarming. The plainness of “it didn’t bother me at all” resists narratives that treat later life as decline or loss of relevance, and instead suggests a practiced self-possession: identity and purpose need not be hostage to a number. Coming from an artist long scrutinized by the public, the line also implies a refusal to internalize external judgments about women’s age. The quote’s significance lies in its quiet defiance: it normalizes aging and models a stance of acceptance that can be read as both personal resilience and a broader critique of age anxiety.