Ryuichi Sakamoto Quotes

We live in a very chaotic world that sometimes we - it just seems like a mess. One of the reasons why we listen to music, and to great classical music in particular, is that everything is in an order and in a place and has a beauty that you see in nature, that you see and that people look for when they look for God.

When I sit down and play the guitar, I'm 20 years old again.

We are eternal. All this pain is an illusion.

Through Love and through Beauty, we achieve immortality.

Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home, She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that ofttimes hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.

Death is the mother of Beauty; hence from her, alone, shall come fulfillment to our dreams and our desires.

Everyone's definition of what God means can vary. But music is something that really takes you to that - 'sublime' is a great word. That thing that is greater than we are. The beauty, the magic of the universe.

Music expresses longing and love and joy better than any piece of dialogue you can ever write.

No man can pass into eternity, for he is already in it.

The temple bell stops but I still hear the sound coming out of the flowers.

But it is the province of religion, of philosophy, of pure poetry only, to go beyond life, beyond time, into eternity.

I just think music is such a beautiful thing. It lifts the heart and buoys up your spirits - all kinds of music.

I am here now, because I am supposed to be here. And I guess when it is my time to cross over there, I will be over there. I am not religious, but I am spiritual, honey. My day is coming!

What is lovely never dies, But passes into other loveliness.

Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. I wish my life had more of it.

Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present.

Living, he made life beautiful. Dying, he made death divine

The only length of life that seems to satisfy the longings of the human heart is life everlasting.

Ecstasy and beauty are eternal.

For whatever reason, I've always gravitated towards music that feels nostalgic or longing or beautifully tragic.

There is no death. The body withers but the spirit still lives.

There are times in the history of men and nations, when they stand so near the vale that separates mortals from the immortals, time from eternity, and men from their God, that they can almost hear the beatings, and feel the pulsations of the heart of the Infinite.

Music is the language spoken by angels.

The eternal life is given to those who live in the present.

I don't think we die. I think our bodies leave, but we can never die. That which is never born, can never die. And that which never changes, can never die.