I was an ignored guy and have been for many years. But I suppose I became well-known after being ignored. After the release of the CDs and LPs, espec…

- Yoshi Wada

I would sing myself with a tambura and just regular a cappella singing and practicing. I did that around 1973 and 1974, and I finally developed my ow…

- Yoshi Wada

I remember, in elementary school, being asked what my father does and not knowing how to answer. When I asked my mom what I should say next time, she…

- Yoshi Wada

At the beginning, I felt sort of reluctant about my music from my past. But in the last couple of years, I felt good about what I did in the past. Th…

- Yoshi Wada

Initially, when I was making the bagpipes and reed instruments, it was different from the other instruments. In terms of sound itself, it may not be …

- Yoshi Wada

I got into one of the Scottish classical styles called piobaireachd, which is a very old music that started around the 1700s or something. I really g…

- Yoshi Wada

Most of my music is improvisation, and composition is improvisation. Even if I have a score, it is improvisation.

- Yoshi Wada

For a long time in the 1970s, I was experimenting to build musical instruments and use them. I did a lot of ethnic music studies and other things, li…

- Yoshi Wada

When I was just getting started making my own music, my dad said, "You should think about art, but also anti-art and non-art."

- Yoshi Wada