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I think that of my 21 symphonies, each has its own place.
It is cruel, you know, that music should be so beautiful.
There is nothing more difficult than talking about music.
What love is to man, music is to the arts and to mankind.
I find it very difficult to compose when I'm not playing.
Anyone who calls my music "impressionist" is an imbecile.
Beauty seems to strike some people as a personal affront.
I have a bunch of albums I would love to get re-released.
We're not earthly beings any more... we're cosmic beings.
I always said God was against art and I still believe it.
Music begins and ends in the air - it's got to be shared.
Tradition is tending the flame, not worshiping the ashes.
It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.
Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.
I think a composer is always interested in his last work.
New York is the dream world, the center of jazz and rock.
If men of genius only knew what love their works inspire!
We cannot describe sound, but we cannot forget it either.
Improvising things is always changing. A lot of momentum.
Popular music is popular because a lot of people like it.
Lord Help the Mister that comes between Me and My Sister.
I am not someone who is afraid; I am someone who reasons.
Just when you think it can't get no better, then it does.
It's the melody within the heart that helps us to endure.
The gift of sight to see beyond The darker clouds of now!
It's the journey that's important, not the getting there!
History is so subjective. The teller of it determines it.
I don't want to wear my compositional tools on my sleeve.
An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself.
A supreme composer can only come out of a musical nation.
I play patterns. I'll make up a pattern and just play it.
Creating is no problem - problem solving is not creating.
Take your camera off automatic. You are the photographer.
Secret fates Guide our states Both in mirth and mourning.
Now I am obsessed with collecting Platypus paraphernalia.
An unmarried man, in my opinion, enjoys only half a life.
For me, tango was always for the ear rather than the feet.
My main professional experience is touring in a rock band.
The music I actually listen to sounds nothing like my own!
If you ever feel so happy you land in jail, I'm your bail.
There is no art when one does something without intention.
My attitude is never to be satisfied, never enough, never.
Music history has flowed under the bridges for many years.
Love is born of faith, lives on hope, and dies of charity.
And the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.
My profession has never demanded that I be mobbed by fans.
You've got to be an editor in order to be a good composer.
I hate to do anything halfway so I leave the guitar alone.
I was always trying to be a quote, unquote, film composer.
I really didn't intend to be a musician when I left Japan.