"Music speaks louder than words."

"You know, I discovered something. Everyone has something... Something deep inside their hearts. For some, it might have been enmity. For others, admiration. Wishes, a craving for the spotlight, feelings that one wants to deliver, feelings for one's mother. Everyone was supported by their own feelings. I realize now that, perhaps, no one can stand alone on stage."

— Kousei Arima · 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

"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

"I want to hear it again, yet I don't want to hear it again. I want to see her, yet I don't want to see her. What do you call this kind of feeling again?"

— Kousei Arima · Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso

"Defiance toward parents is an establishment of one's self"

— Hiroko Seto · Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso

"You're like a cat. If I get close, you'll ignore me and go far away. If I get hurt, you'll play around to share the pain."

— Kousei Arima · Shigatsu Wa Kimi No Uso