Joe Hisaishi Quotes

I don't see music as working.

Music is hugely important to me.

Music has always been an important part of my life.

People tend to put too much focus on the lyrics. It's not the be-all and end-all of our songs.

Some producers hang-on to that old cliche that if the audience hears the music, it is no good. I say this is so much talk. Music gives the film another dimension, if it's done with the story in mind.

Music is the medium. Words merely enhance the composition.

I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role.

I feel that it's the music, not anything else, that matters.

I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.

To me, music is no joke and it's not for sale.

I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I would appreciate hearing something that was new to me.

Playing music is a beautiful thing. But listening to music is just as great.

If music became extinct now, I don't know what I'd be good for.

I have no desire to play music unless I need music.

Music has always been profoundly important to me.

With recording, everything changed. The prospect of music being detachable from time and place meant that one could start to think of music as a part of one's furniture. It's an idea that many composers have felt reluctant about because it seemed to them to diminish the importance of music.

I feel like I'm waving the flag for musicianship, trying to bring back bands that can play.

Some say because music is as much about personal expression as listening pleasure, sharing is integral to why songs have value in the first place.

There are so few directors who are musical who appreciate music.

My music lives because of real players.

I can understand why it takes some people a long time to really be a singer. You have to find out, 'Why am I singing? What am I doing this for?' I do it because I enjoy it, and philosophically, music is a catalyst. It's a refining agent.

Music has always been close to my heart.

I think every film is made better by having smart music supervision that's really in tune with the spirit of the visual content.

Music is so crucial to every film, I think.

If music goes out of language, then you are in bad trouble.