Quotes

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

— Winnie the Pooh · The House at Pooh Corner, A. A. Milne, 1928

“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