Ryuichi Sakamoto Quotes

I had the interesting experience of having lived and worked for six years in China with Procter & Gamble, and that just changes, I think, your whole perspective in living overseas and living in a country like China.

I've loved my 20s, but I would never repeat them.

God was awfully good to me during the good days. I cherish the old days, but I don't miss them.

There's been a lot of really cool stuff that's happened to me throughout my career, and I remember everything, but I don't think I savored every moment of it like I should have or like I do now.

I don't think I gave 'Wings' its due. I was young. I wanted to light the world on fire.

I think sometimes in life we rush and only later look back and say, 'Wow, that was something pretty cool that I did,' and we realize we should have been more aware while it was happening.

Go to foreign countries and you will get to know the good things one possesses at home.

I'll miss everyone on Dallas so much, but I have a wonderful career ahead of me. I can feel it.

I'm sure once my career's over, when I look back when I'm older, I can maybe appreciate it a little bit more.

A friend was surprised to hear me say that there was not one moment of my past that I would like to relive.

Only with a new ruler do you realize the value of the old.

I don't feel like a very nostalgic person. I think about the past much more clinically. When I look back and wonder, 'Why was I doing that? Was it a waste of time?' I don't beat myself up. Instead, I say, 'I'm so glad I did that, because now I really know what matters to me.'

I wouldn't trade the childhood we had because, A, It was normal to me, even though, in hindsight, it's not normal. It felt normal, and I think we maintained a pretty normal healthy attitude towards what we did. And B, I just wouldn't trade it, the experience that we had and the growth we've had.

One should never live with regrets or with 'what if.' I've loved the good times, and I have learned from the bad. All in all, it's been a pretty fabulous life for me.

Perspective has allowed me to rekindle my love of music.

When you go away, you see where you come from in a different light. I see Scotland, and the rest of Britain, as much more exotic than I used to.

I have to remind myself sometimes to look back and see what brought me to where I'm at.

I like the fact I've got a past to learn from, but I don't want to wish my life away, either.

I think cancer came into my life as a gift. My vision is sharper, my mind clearer, my perspective realigned.

I am not someone who holds grudges, and I want to remember the good things about our time with Mourinho.

I learned many things in England. Above all, I learned that until you leave home, you don't know to appreciate what you have.

There are a lot of things that I'd do differently. But I can't imagine being more fortunate than I have been.

if I were to begin my life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little more.

When I was playing football I never enjoyed it that much, I was never happy. If I scored two goals, I wanted a third, I always wanted more. Now it's all over I can look back with satisfaction, but I never felt that way when I was playing.

I believe that everything happens for a reason. People change so that you can learn to let go, things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right, you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself, and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.