I think there's a genuine difference between the real and the virtual in music. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
The world is full of sounds. We just don't usually hear them as music. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
Time is the main subject for any musicians, music writers, composers. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
Asian music influenced Debussy, who influenced me - it's all a huge circle. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
For making music for myself, I just need to be happy. I'm the producer, the director, and the listener. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I was really into the music of Cream after I finished composing the music for 'BTTB.' — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
My concept when making music is that there is no border between music and noise. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I've realised that if it is to remain relevant, contemporary music needs to change. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
My interests are moving toward both 'sound and music,' not just 'music.' I have been doing lots of field recordings and also… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
In Japan, there has always been a small number of musicians who have been outspoken on social issues, but they tend to… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I wanted to hear sounds of everyday objects - even musical instruments - as things. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
We musicians often get inspiration from films and books or photographs, not only by music. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
When we went to see the first rough cuts of 'Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence,' I fell to the floor because my acting… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
People don't buy CDs so much anymore because it's easy to download everything. So, while the record industry is declining, the music… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
My main interest in synthesizers when I was an older teenager was to escape from the spell of the 12-tone system or,… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
Without the knowledge of music, it would be very hard to write film music. There are so many films, and each one… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
In the old days, people shared music; they didn't care who made it. A song would be owned by a village, and… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
Somehow, I see music as a garden which has a lot of different styles: contemporary, classic, ethnic, Japanese, rock & roll, and… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
It's all very well to say this or that on Twitter and Facebook, but ultimately, if you are a musician, it is… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I was aware of that theme of mortality in my music since around 2009. The decaying and the disappearance of the piano… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I have a cultural map in my head, where I find similarities between different cultures. For example, domestic Japanese pop music sounds… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
Hollywood is a double feeling. Love and hate. With a talented film director, I cannot resist. They are such charming and intelligent… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
A young musician needs a powerful laptop and a good analogue synthesiser. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I know Brazilian music. I have worked with Brazilians many times. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I always think about music horizontally and vertically at the same time. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I'm lucky that I have people listening to my music, waiting to see me in North America. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
You're changing every day, right? Your curiosities and ambitions change, your ear changes, the music you like changes - and the music… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
You can use existing music in a film, but creating a soundtrack is very different. One note can be enough. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
When I imagine some music in my mind, almost automatically, I imagine the piano keys. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I don't get so much inspiration from other musicians. Especially alive musicians. Late musicians are good - Bach, Beethoven - yes, good. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
I'm really bad writing the chase scenes or fighting scenes. I'm much better for writing, like, a more melancholic or tragic music. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
The majority of the people think that noise is not music. I want to accept noise and even errors and glitches. I… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
My audiences are generally mixed. Some people like techno, others are into the pop music, and others enjoy my film music. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
Time in our universe is always one way: no going back, no reverse. In music, you can reverse it! — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
Ever since I was 18 or 19, I've wanted to question the sound, tones, and scale associated with the piano as an… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share Image
In Japan, there has always been a small number of musicians who have been outspoken on social issues, but they tend to be dismissed… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
I was really into the music of Cream after I finished composing the music for 'BTTB.' — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
I am worried that young Japanese people are not very curious about the outside world - which is so different to the way we… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
My audiences are generally mixed. Some people like techno, others are into the pop music, and others enjoy my film music. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
It's a very intimate, closed universe, doing my own music. It's just me, basically. I have to inspire myself; I have to do everything… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
In Japanese culture, there is a belief that God is everywhere - in mountains, trees, rocks, even in our sympathy for robots or Hello… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
I think there's a genuine difference between the real and the virtual in music. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
My interests are moving toward both 'sound and music,' not just 'music.' I have been doing lots of field recordings and also collecting lots… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
The global view of cultures is part of my nature. I want to break down the walls between genres, categories, or cultures. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
I've realised that if it is to remain relevant, contemporary music needs to change. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
The piano is the closest instrument to me in my life, so it's just natural to play my pieces on the piano. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
In the 1980s, Josef Beuys planted the seed that activism could be considered as art. I am influenced by the idea of his idea… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
I'm really bad writing the chase scenes or fighting scenes. I'm much better for writing, like, a more melancholic or tragic music. — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
Art is often defined as a famous masterpiece in a gallery, and we are meant to visit the work and view it to appreciate… — Ryuichi Sakamoto Copy Share
