And as far as the Disney Concert hall is concerned, it is a wonderful modern structure and I am extremely honored that I had this opportunity to have a concert here.

As you may know my use of Celtic music is extremely simple and short. However there is something about it that will remain in your mind for a long, long time.

However now we can create a sound that can truly startle someone and in terms of sound effects I think the environment that we are in now has improved dramatically.

There's some familiarity in Celtic music, even if you've never heard that piece of music before.

Like many composers, most of my compositions are influenced by the music I've listened to throughout my life.

We hope that eventually there would be an occasion which I can personally prove that game music can in fact impress many different people and move them.

I always begin to compose the melody first.

I guess many game music fans prefer original soundtrack albums.

Certainly my only interest is not in Celtic music.

It was very difficult to startle or surprise someone with a particular sound during the family computer era.

When you talk about the Final Fantasy series, the series started selling better after 7, and that was the base idea for the center of the set list for the LA concert.

Nana always said the rain was Nature's way of adding sparkle to the outdoors.

Yet where Denal had prayed to Poseidon for death, Alaric was praying to the same god for life.

I'd like to do a romantic comedy.

There's a whole language out there, and one's role as a writer is to stumble around in it.

In the dust where we have buried the silent races and their abominations we have buried so much of the delicate magic of life.

Nonresistance is the key to the greatest power in the universe.

To be honest with you, I normally beat guys with my C game and I don't have to pull my A or B game out.

I think the most clear, direct way to empowerment is to really know yourself and to really use your voice and to not be afraid of other people's reactions.

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time.