Ryuichi Sakamoto

“Even the act of listening is a creative act.”

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

“I want to make music that is as natural as a forest.”

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

“There is no music without structure, but structure alone is not music.”

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

“I started to feel that silence itself is music.”

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

“After my illness, I realized that every single sound is precious to me.”

— Ryuichi Sakamoto · Interview, 2015

“I think music is the most universal language, and it is a language that can say things that words cannot.”

— Ryuichi Sakamoto · Interview, Red Bull Music Academy, 2014

“The sound of rain needs no translation.”

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

“I would like to die on a day when I am feeling nothing. Like water.”

— Ryuichi Sakamoto · Interview, 2017

“Music is not something you create. It is something you discover.”

— Ryuichi Sakamoto