Hiromi Go Quotes & Sayings

It was in Shizuoka, where my home was. I first attended this school when I was five years old. I also attended a regular elementary school, and I was taking piano lessons with a local teacher. I began to study composition at the Yamaha school. And I continued to study there until the age of 15. — Hiromi

Everyone causes trouble for someone at some point in their lives. — Hiromi Kawakami

The way to respect all the people I love is to eat the music, have it in my blood and bones, and try to explore it in as much different ways as possible to create my own identity. — Hiromi

Everything is inspiring! It could be fine art or a conversation I have with somebody! — Hiromi

To be able to bring change into a fixed world, [she] thought. There is power in that. — Hiromi Goto

Music taught me how to always be patient and focused, and to train the little concentration in myself. — Hiromi

When you play with someone you can feel the chemistry with, just the first show is already magic. — Hiromi

She was responsible for the things she chose. That's all. She almost managed a tiny smile. It was simultaneously an incredible responsibility and almost nothing at all, she thought wonderingly. — Hiromi Goto

Would you consider a relationship with me, based on a premise of love? — Kawakami Hiromi

The really strong key thing always comes direct to your heart. Even if it's a visual thing it doesn't come to your eyes! Even if it is a listening thing it doesn't come to your ears, it goes directly to your spirit! — Hiromi

even a cracked pot has a lid that fits. — Hiromi Kawakami

Travelling is very difficult, you have to go to places with different climates and time zones. Travelling like that every single day through the year is definitely not healthy, but that's something I have to sacrifice if I want to play music. — Hiromi

I rode the bus alone, I walked around the city alone, I did my shopping alone, and I drank alone. — Hiromi Kawakami

I mutter and mutter and no one to listen. I speak my words in Japanese and my daughter will not hear them. The words that come from our ears, our mouths, they collide in the space between us.
"Obachan, please! I wish you would stop that. Is it too much to ask for some peace and quiet? You do this on purpose, don't you? Don't you! I just want some peace. Just stop! Please, just stop."
"Gomennasai. Waruine, Obachan wa. Solly. Solly."
Ha! Keiko, there is method in my madness. I could stand on my head and quote Shakespeare until I had a nosebleed, but to no avail, no one hears my language. So I sit and say the words and will, until the wind or I shall die. Someone, something must stand against this wind and I will. I am. — Hiromi Goto

I have always liked black and white! It is simple and the colour of the piano. — Hiromi

Thank you to the crows that amass on Vancouver evenings and fly home to the darkness of Burnaby Mountain. Thank you to the brilliance of wet moss and lichen. Thank you to the rays of golden brown light slanting in the cool of a green lake. Thank you to the shoals of glinting fish. Thank you to the sweet gems of salmonberries. Thank you to the decaying leaves for their rich brown smell. Thank you to the slugs and wood lice beneath the leaves. Thank you to to my plant friends who keep me company as I write. I am deeply grateful to share this cycle with you. — Hiromi Goto

being in love makes people uncertain. — Hiromi Kawakami

Art is not that much needed in life, we only need sleep and food. But why do people want art? Because they want to feel emotion! So emotionally moving things is great art to me! — Hiromi

Once I meet the piano, I have no other choice, because I need to have a good date right! So I am trying to please the piano to have the best outcome. — Hiromi

Forcing myself to make conversation felt like standing on a cliff, peering over the edge, about to tumble down headfirst. — Hiromi Kawakami

I don't really want to force anyone to feel a specific way, but if they can keep their body and mind "floating" with my music, that pleases me. — Hiromi

I felt a sudden rush of warmth in my body, and felt the tears well up once again. But I didn't cry. It's always better to drink than to cry. — Hiromi Kawakami

To be nice to people and make them happy - that's my philosophy in life. — Hiromi

The beautiful thing about music is that even so-called negative emotions like anger, sadness, frustration, when they come through the filter of music, they all become beautiful. — Hiromi

My biggest musical dream is to keep playing all my life. There's nothing bigger than that and that's very challenging because you have to satisfy yourself at every stage. — Hiromi

Some artists just go and play, and I have no objections to that - but I don't like to do that. People take their very precious time to come to my concert, and they give me the opportunity to share two hours of their lives. I want to do the best I can, for visuals, sound and everything! — Hiromi

I have to be very original and have a strong musical voice. I don't want to be a copycat of anybody. — Hiromi

Physical intimacy is essential. No matter how old are you, it's extremely important. — Hiromi Kawakami

I'm always hungry to learn. I always look for something that I can study. — Hiromi

A child isn't born bitter. I point no fingers as to who tainted the clean, pure pool of my childhood. Let's just say that when I realized that I didn't want to grow up, the damage was already done. Knowing that being grown up was no swell place to be means that you are grown up enough to notice. And you can't go back from there. You have to forge another route, draw your own map. — Hiromi Goto

A person can learn all manner of things, no matter where he finds himself, provided his spirit is determined. — Hiromi Kawakami

I love performing so much! The joy is to have the opportunity to be able to perform all around the world. — Hiromi

Music came first and I started to jam with people I couldn't communicate in their language. Then, because I could make friends thanks to music, they started to talk to me. Then I started to learn English. — Hiromi

Every day is different and improvised. Sometimes, a song can lead to a completely different adventure. You can't control it. — Hiromi

I started to listen to Japanese jazz musicians when I went to high school. Some people I listened to were Yosuke Yamashita, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Sadao Watanabe. — Hiromi

I, on the other hand, still might not be considered a proper adult. I had been very grown-up in primary school. But as I continued through secondary school, I in fact became less grown-up. And then as the years passed, I turned into quite a childlike person. I suppose I just wasn't able to ally myself with time. — Hiromi

My music is very emotional. The reason why I want to play music is very emotional. I want to call out my emotions and package them into music. — Hiromi

The first time I asked a girl on date, well, I actually wrote out something like a flow chart of how the conversation might go — Kawakami Hiromi