– 1969 is the year you were born, right, tetsu-san. Do you have particularly strong feelings towards that year?
[That’s to be expected. I’ve thought “1969 was pretty cool, wasn’t it?” ever since I first started getting into music. In Japanese, you can say the “69” in “1969” as “ro-ku” (1). Also, 1969 was the year Woodstock happenned. Apollo 11 landed on the moon for the first time. Humanity successfully reached the moon’s surface. There were a lot of meaningful things happenning that year, I’d say that’s pretty cool. So many wonderful things happenned, didn’t they, in 1969. Also, I like that number a lot, so I like the year too.]
– By the way, which sign(2) was it?
[It was the year of the rooster. I don’t like that very much. (laughs)]
[It was the year of the rooster. I don’t like that very much. (laughs)]
– Were you thinking “I want to hurry and be a grown up!” since all the way back then
[Absolutely not! Not even once. That’s something that a kid, because they’re young, would say alot, isn’t it? I think it’s pretty common. But that line, “I want to hurry and be a grown up” isn’t something that I thought. It’s because it’s inevitable. Even if you ignore it, even if you don’t like it, you can’t do anything about growing up. On the other hand, at that age, there are still a lot of things you can’t do, so I think it’s understandable to be a bit envious of adults.]
-Interviewer : Toujou Sachie
[That’s to be expected. I’ve thought “1969 was pretty cool, wasn’t it?” ever since I first started getting into music. In Japanese, you can say the “69” in “1969” as “ro-ku” (1). Also, 1969 was the year Woodstock happenned. Apollo 11 landed on the moon for the first time. Humanity successfully reached the moon’s surface. There were a lot of meaningful things happenning that year, I’d say that’s pretty cool. So many wonderful things happenned, didn’t they, in 1969. Also, I like that number a lot, so I like the year too.]
– By the way, which sign(2) was it?
[It was the year of the rooster. I don’t like that very much. (laughs)]
[It was the year of the rooster. I don’t like that very much. (laughs)]
– Were you thinking “I want to hurry and be a grown up!” since all the way back then
[Absolutely not! Not even once. That’s something that a kid, because they’re young, would say alot, isn’t it? I think it’s pretty common. But that line, “I want to hurry and be a grown up” isn’t something that I thought. It’s because it’s inevitable. Even if you ignore it, even if you don’t like it, you can’t do anything about growing up. On the other hand, at that age, there are still a lot of things you can’t do, so I think it’s understandable to be a bit envious of adults.]
-Interviewer : Toujou Sachie
Translated by Natalie Arnold.
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