100 Quotes by Ryuichi Sakamoto

Each time I work on a film, I say to myself, 'This is it. This is the end.' Because it is so stressful, it's like torture.

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 by myself.

Ever since I was 18 or 19, I've wanted to question the sound, tones, and scale associated with the piano as an instrument symbolic of modern European music.

Looking back at my early career, I had a positive view of technology and its potential. It was a happy time, that's for sure.

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

I'm trying to relax, but it's hard.

I have been a long time fan of Jean-Luc Godard. It's my dream to work with him.

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

My main interest in synthesizers when I was an older teenager was to escape from the spell of the 12-tone system or, in a more broad sense, the spell of the European modern-music system. That led me to explore towards electronic music and ethnic music.