Ryuichi Sakamoto Quotes

I'm not one of those spoiled rock stars who complains about how tedious it is to perform my old hits.

That would be awesome, to be totally making records whenever I want and to play a show and have a few hundred thousand people there at any city you go to because people know you and your music.

We are lucky to have a big fan base and that we can support ourselves doing live shows.

I don't want to put my fate in country music fans; I'm too stubborn.

I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once you've got those two, and they're your main two priorities, then radio and TV and all the other stuff that comes with it will come. But that's not the be-all end-all.

I want to sell out arenas and make an album and work with some of the best artists in the world.

If you can go out with your live show and turn people on to that, where you have that fan base that's religious and they're going to come see you when you're in that town, once your radio success is gone and you're not a mainstream guy anymore you can still go out and play your shows.

I'm gonna be honest. I don't care about much. I care about people liking my music. I made it very far without nothing being on radio.

I am just glad that I can take the music to the people who want to hear it. I love my audiences. I am deeply indebted to them for giving me the chance to sing my concerts, make records, and do what I love. Whatever people call it, it is great to have a voice!

The Band never really played big concert tours. We never sold millions and millions of albums.

A stadium tour would be amazing - that's definitely one of my goals. Just to keep putting out real, honest music that people can really relate to and connect with.

I've been putting out records for so long, but I didn't want to tour because I didn't think anybody really cared.

I had a great run with Ratt.

I have a fan base. I've sold a million albums in country music. I've got fans out there who love my music and would like to hear more.

I don't like people who make records and then don't ever perform. If you are going to make a record it's important you get out there so people can see you if they want to and get to hear you if they want to.

It's very, very exciting for me to hear my songs on the radio and to play shows and have people know the words.

Apart from working on music, I'd rather play big festivals than almost anything else.

Instead, of worrying if something will be a hit, bands need to go out and make good music, get a following, play live. That's how you make a career these days.

I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.

If you get half a million, at a certain stage you probably will get 4 million people, if they are able to hear it. The touring thing is unbelievable. It really is amazing from what we did the last tour even to what we are doing now.

Philly has always been one of our favorite towns to play in, and the fans have been very loyal and very supportive over the years.

I guess I've been making records since I was 16, and even when 50 people bought them, I thought that was amazing.

I love the Stones, but I've gone to a lot of gigs.

Records are one thing, and obviously, without hit songs, you don't have the opportunity to do your shows. But my live show has always been my selling tool.

Although I do feel that with a show like ours we ourselves are getting a lot more young listeners at concerts.