I wanted to have the strongest band. I was always looking for the strongest characters.

- Yoshiki

The past can be changed by the future.

- Yoshiki

Rock saved me. You can break drums and scream out loud - if you do that in the street you get arrested.

- Yoshiki

If I die, I'm going to die onstage.

- Yoshiki

Everything is legit onstage. You can go crazy. I can express my anger. I can cry. Whoa, this is the coolest place!

- Yoshiki

I just do in the stadium the same thing. I scream and I become naked mentally. I give everything to our fans.

- Yoshiki

If you really believe and really make a commitment, anything can happen.

- Yoshiki

A lot of things inspire me - especially pain.

- 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 ba…

- Yoshiki