#silence

“Dying of shyness doesn't require a dramatic event. It just requires enough mornings where you decided today wasn't the day to come out.”

· Quolira editorial

“The shell protected the tortoise from everything except the decision to stay inside it.”

· Quolira editorial, inspired by the Acholi proverb

“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