Every day is different and improvised. Sometimes, a song can lead to a completely different adventure. You can't control it.

I love performing so much! The joy is to have the opportunity to be able to perform all around the world.

Some artists just go and play, and I have no objections to that - but I don't like to do that. People take their very precious time to come to my concert, and they give me the opportunity to share two hours of their lives. I want to do the best I can, for visuals, sound and everything!

The first reason why I started to use the [electric] keyboard is because I really like the bending sound of the guitar and bass player. I can't bend the piano sound. I really like the feel behind it. I feel it adds flavour and character to my music.

I'm always hungry to learn. I always look for something that I can study.

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.

To be nice to people and make them happy - that's my philosophy in life.