"Sure I'm okay. Because that's how I was …" — Kousei Arima Quote

"Music speaks louder than words."

— Kousei Arima · Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso

"As a musician, in the process of learning from a teacher, your differences breed a sense of discomfort which you should cherish. It's because of those differences that we have individuality."

— Hiroko Seto · Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso

"When you say you "can't hear the sound", doesn't it really mean you "aren't restrained by the sound"? Rather than the sound you hear with your ears, an image inside you is boiling up from the depths of yourself and taking over without you even knowing. The sound inside, the landscape in your heart, your wishes, a sound loaded with your thoughts"

— Hiroko Seto · Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso

"Even though I'm bitter over losing, even though I'm depressed, even though my ankle hurts, and my eyes are smeared with tears...even though I've never felt worse...I wonder why the stars are sparkling like this. The scent of the music room in his hair. I can hear his slightly ragged breathing. His shoulder, wet with tears, is so warm. I am by his side. I wish time would just stand still."

— Tsubaki Sawabe · Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso

"The more I concentrate, the more I get consumed by my performance. The sounds I play fade away from my reach, tangling up like flowers seized by the spring wind and vanish."

— Kousei Arima · Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso

"A lump of steel, like a shooting star. Just seeing the same sky as you makes familiar scenery look different. I swing between hope and despair at your slightest gesture, and my heart starts to play a melody. What kind of feeling is this again? What do they call this kind of feeling? I think it's probably... Called Love. I'm sure this is what they call love."

— Kousei Arima · Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso