Joe Hisaishi Quotes

The conductor has the advantage of not seeing the audience.

There's something about the energy and the expectations that an audience projects at you. I get up on stage and work and work, and there's chaos all around me, then I'll shut my eyes, and boom! I slot into the zone. It's like the eye of the hurricane. Everything is easy, and I'm capable of doing things I didn't know I was.

Up on that stage, my personality changes. I put everything behind me when I perform. My problems don't belong to my fans. I don't put a burden on my audience. I give them 100 percent of my energy.

When I perform and the crowd is cheering, there's a ringing noise in my head. I'm just zoned in, and even though I know there are people watching me, all I hear is this ringing inside of me.

I have a great time with my band and on the stage we get along well.

I am blessed to perform in the studio and on the concert stage.

I meditate and pray before going onstage - it helps me focus.

I won't wear rings and jewelry on the stage because I don't want you looking at my hands. I want you hearing what I'm saying.

When I come onstage, I'm exploding.

I'm on my boat, training, rehearsing; I spend all my energy on the job that's coming up, and I found that's the way that works for me. The more energy you have on set, the better you'll be; it's all about being alive in that moment and listening.

Once you sit in front of people and start playing songs, it's all on you. No matter what happens, it's entirely your responsibility the entire time. I like that intensity.

When the music is physically demanding, I want to make sure that the effort involved is put across to the audience through physical gesture.

As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good numbers to do and having a fine orchestra.

That's when I'm at my rawest. When I'm performing with the band. It's just like the groove is going, whether we're fast or slow, I can just transport myself.

I rely on poetry or literature to keep me centered before I go onstage because it reminds me to be present.

If you're onstage thinking about what you're going to eat when you get offstage, it's time to finish.

Going onstage - that's my joy. You know like when you're in school and you're just waiting for the bell to go off so you can leave the class and go and play outside? That's me in life.

You can't be in the zone in front of 12 million people, you've got to be chill.

When I perform live, I'm doing a lot, but I kind of black out. I don't think about it too much.

It's hard to pinpoint highlights on tour because they're the gigs really. The whole day becomes about the show. From the time you wake up you are slowly building up to that.

When I go onstage and am performing the way I want to... I finally feel like myself.

I'm like a prize fighter. When I'm not on stage, every action that I take has to be focused on my next performance.

I don't really think about the crowd when I am in the middle. I actually forget about the crowd, forget the money; that's exactly what I always do.

The 'enemy' in golf is tension.

My thoughts before a big race are usually pretty simple. I tell myself: Get out of the blocks, run your race, stay relaxed. If you run your race, you'll win... channel your energy. Focus.