Music Quotes by Ryuichi Sakamoto

The first music I got really into was Bach.

— Ryuichi Sakamoto

For me, Debussy is the door to all 20th-century music.

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The world is full of sounds. We just don't usually hear them as music.

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I think there's a genuine difference between the real and the virtual in music.

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I want to capture the mood I have now, post-cancer, in my music.

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A young musician needs a powerful laptop and a good analogue synthesiser.

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I always think about music horizontally and vertically at the same time.

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I know Brazilian music. I have worked with Brazilians many times.

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I'm lucky that I have people listening to my music, waiting to see me in North America.

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We musicians often get inspiration from films and books or photographs, not only by music.

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I've realised that if it is to remain relevant, contemporary music needs to change.

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My interests are moving toward both 'sound and music,' not just 'music.' I have been doing lots of field recordings and also…

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In Japan, there has always been a small number of musicians who have been outspoken on social issues, but they tend to…

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I wanted to hear sounds of everyday objects - even musical instruments - as things.

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For making music for myself, I just need to be happy. I'm the producer, the director, and the listener.

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I was really into the music of Cream after I finished composing the music for 'BTTB.'

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Without the knowledge of music, it would be very hard to write film music. There are so many films, and each one…

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In the old days, people shared music; they didn't care who made it. A song would be owned by a village, and…

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My main interest in synthesizers when I was an older teenager was to escape from the spell of the 12-tone system or,…

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People don't buy CDs so much anymore because it's easy to download everything. So, while the record industry is declining, the music…

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When we went to see the first rough cuts of 'Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence,' I fell to the floor because my acting…

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Conceptually, I am open to mistakes - errors, actually. I do play lots of wrong notes while I am making some music,…

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Music has become something different from the past, when it was one hundred per cent live. Throughout the twentieth century, it was…

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I had never really liked the music by Gabriel Faure, but just by chance, listening to some pieces by him, I got…

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I have a cultural map in my head, where I find similarities between different cultures. For example, domestic Japanese pop music sounds…

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Hollywood is a double feeling. Love and hate. With a talented film director, I cannot resist. They are such charming and intelligent…

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Asian music influenced Debussy, who influenced me - it's all a huge circle.

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Time is the main subject for any musicians, music writers, composers.

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I like to write film music that stands on its own.

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I loved the freedom of improvised music.

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My concept when making music is that there is no border between music and noise.

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It's a very intimate, closed universe, doing my own music. It's just me, basically. I have to inspire myself; I have to…

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Time in our universe is always one way: no going back, no reverse. In music, you can reverse it!

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Ever since I was 18 or 19, I've wanted to question the sound, tones, and scale associated with the piano as an…

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The key concept is to open your ears. Music can be here and there, anywhere surrounding you.

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I'm really bad writing the chase scenes or fighting scenes. I'm much better for writing, like, a more melancholic or tragic music.

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I don't get so much inspiration from other musicians. Especially alive musicians. Late musicians are good - Bach, Beethoven - yes, good.

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You're changing every day, right? Your curiosities and ambitions change, your ear changes, the music you like changes - and the music…

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When I imagine some music in my mind, almost automatically, I imagine the piano keys.

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You can use existing music in a film, but creating a soundtrack is very different. One note can be enough.

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