Whenever I do a performance I always hope it is the best day of my life. Sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.

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

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.

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!

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.

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.

Challenges are the key in life. You always have to challenge yourself and try to get to different states.

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

Every day is divine.

I might never breathe again once he walked away from me.

Charity itself consists in acting justly and faithfully in whatever office, business and employment a person is engaged in.

Wealth is knowledge and its origin is evolution

Interviewer: "What keeps you grounded?" Bieber: "Gravity." Interviewer: "What's up, Justin?" Bieber: "The sky, man."

The welfare state is an assault on families.

I will, then, always love sin and the world until I truly sense that Christ is better.

The idea of the European community is never face a war again.

All kids want from their dad is for them to be around - and to show up when they say they're going to show up.

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.