Hiromi Quotes
Nobody wants to experience sad events but people like to listen to sad songs. That's the beauty of music.
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.
Every day is different and improvised. Sometimes, a song can lead to a completely different adventure. You can't control it.
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.
When you play with someone you can feel the chemistry with, just the first show is already magic.
I love performing so much! The joy is to have the opportunity to be able to perform all around the world.
I have to be very original and have a strong musical voice. I don't want to be a copycat of anybody.
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.
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.
Whenever I do a performance I always hope it is the best day of my life. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.
Music taught me how to always be patient and focused, and to train the little concentration in myself.
Individuality and originality is was separates good and great artists! How much they can move people with what they do! If they can shake the heart with what they do, is the key!
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!
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.
I really think that martial arts and music are very close to each other and both require a lot of focus and improvisation because you don't know where or when you're going to get kicked!
I am playing the music I love and I really play it from my heart, and whatever the out form is - it doesn't matter whether it's art or music.
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.
Challenges are the key in life. You always have to challenge yourself and try to get to different states.
Everybody improvises without noticing it. Life is about improvising. You can't control what happens in your life, I mean, you don't know what can happen in your life today. So you somehow improvise.
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.
Work hard! Just keep working hard until you can do something you want to do! We all progress at different speeds and in different ways, so be patient and keep working hard!
At a show, I'll look out from the stage and see a woman with a pearl necklace next to a guy in a Grateful Dead T-shirt next to a young kid with his mom. It's fun to see them all together.