“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
“Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral.” — Melvin Kranzberg · Kranzberg's First Law, 1986
“I would like to die on a day when I am feeling nothing. Like water.” — Ryuichi Sakamoto · Interview, 2017
“The will to live is not the will to live at any cost; it is the will to live this life.” — Nassim Taleb · Paraphrased from Stoic philosophy