Hello.
I'm vain cat and newcomer here. Thanks for admitting
I'll introduce some of Sawao's sayings from “The collection of sayings of Sawao Yamanaka.”( published in 2013) , “Hybrid Rainbow.”( published in 2009) and “Hybrid Rainbow 2.” ( published in 2019). If you like or if you need more, I will perhaps add some more.
All translation is by me. If you find some mistakes, plz let me know
(Sorry, I'm not a native English speaker.)
[size=120] [i]“Music is wonderful. Life is wonderful. I’m an eccentric man, but when I see the face of people gathering at our concert, I feel like I can be a bit decent.”(Aug. 2012.) [/i]
[i] “I mean that, even if a person who does minor evils yesterday and tomorrow preaches love & peace only today, I can never agree with him or her.”( Nov. 2011.) [/i]
[i] “There should be a value of you. To live a life is to find it. And I found the one in Rock music.” (2009.) [/i]
[i] “If you give it up, the possibility will be zero. But if you don’t give it up, the possibility won’t be zero. That makes all the difference.”( Nov. 2004.) [/i]
[i] “I have one thing to tell you. Sadly, this world is not pure. It is not pure however, there are certainly trustworthy people there. So there is hope. As long as we have that hope, no matter how painful it is, we never lose to the impure world. So keep seeing us evermore”( Apr. 22. 2006. In a concert at Zepp Tokyo.) [/i]
[i] “I hope that everyone will like Rock. And I think ‘If they get to like Rock, they should like the pillows’. ”(2007.) [/i]
[i] “I want the pillows to stay like a high school Rock band that has good senses.”( July. 2008.) [/i]
[i] “I think that 90% of musicians in Japan have no talent for music.”(Jan. 2000.) [/i]
[i] “I won’t get in an ‘immaterial line’. I won’t get in any lines. Here and now must be the head of the line.”(1996.)[/i][/size]
I love his words. His sincerity always encourages me.
