Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Yoshiki

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Japanese musician Yoshiki.
Last updated on April 17, 2025.
Yoshiki

Yoshiki Hayashi , known as Yoshiki, is a Japanese musician, songwriter, composer and record producer. He is best known as the leader and a co-founder of the visual kei rock band X Japan, for which he is the drummer, pianist and main songwriter. He has been described by Billboard as a "musical innovator" and named "one of the most influential composers in Japanese history" by Consequence of Sound. Yoshiki's solo career includes several classical studio albums and collaborations with artists such as George Martin, Bono, will.i.am, Jennifer Hudson, St. Vincent, Stan Lee, Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen, Gene Simmons and KISS, Nicole Scherzinger, and Sarah Brightman.

A lot of things inspire me - especially pain.
The past can be changed by the future.
I'm going to quit music. Then the government of Japan asked me to write a piano concerto - that was an offer I couldn't refuse, so that brought me back to music again. — © Yoshiki
I'm going to quit music. Then the government of Japan asked me to write a piano concerto - that was an offer I couldn't refuse, so that brought me back to music again.
I wanted to have the strongest band. I was always looking for the strongest characters.
I just do in the stadium the same thing. I scream and I become naked mentally. I give everything to our fans.
Everything is legit onstage. You can go crazy. I can express my anger. I can cry. Whoa, this is the coolest place!
Rock saved me. You can break drums and scream out loud - if you do that in the street you get arrested.
If you really believe and really make a commitment, anything can happen.
If I die, I'm going to die onstage.
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