I feel that Japan is like my second home; this is where I want to fight.
I'm very sad to be compared with Warhol and The Factory, because I have no drugs, you know. We have no drug culture in Japan! Maybe it's because our attitude toward labor is totally different.
My life was very Japanese.
It's true that I pick up many ideas from different Japanese things.
I think that the Japanese culture is one of the very few cultures left that is its own entity. They're just so traditional and so specific in their ways. It's kind of untouched, it's not Americanized.
I respect the Japanese and especially like their execution and communication styles. Unlike the Koreans, they will not hit you from behind.
The Japanese seem to be a loyal audience.
Today, Japan is one of the few countries in the world where one hears laughter everywhere.
I grew up in Japan. It's my first memories of life are Japan.
A lot of my personality and my affinity for certain pieces of pop culture and art all stem from a sort of Japanese aesthetic and way of thinking.
Whatever doubts or vexations one has in Japan, it is only necessary to ask one's self: "Well, who are the best people to live with?
