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Gackt's musical experience started when he
was very young. The first musical instrument he learned was the
piano. He says, "I started it when I was 3. The reason I started it
is because my parents are very strict and serious about their
child's education, so they forced me to learn it. I've never enjoyed
playing the piano. My parents forced me to sit in front of the piano
for at least 2 hours a day, even though I wouldn't play." Gackt
admits his parents' discipline was unusually strict. "When I
remember it," he says, "I get angry. I even feel like I could kill
them. My life was strictly ordered, like first when I get up, I have
to say 'Good morning', and everything was regulated or instructed. I
hated that."
In a way, Gackt couldn't even watch TV. He explains, "My mother
controlled what programs we watched, so we could only watch national
programs or some educational programs. Don't you think that's
insane? When I watched videotapes, they showed me the likes of 'Gone
With the Wind', or Glenn Miller story, like that. Even though I was
a little child, I still remember it clearly now." Gackt admits he
doesn't know why his parents were so strict. He says, "When I was
17, my mother said, and I remember it clearly, she said, 'I regret
that I had you learn the piano.' I was hurt. I didn't start it
voluntarily."
This was when Gackt changed his musical taste. He had been learning
classical music, (his fave composers include Bach, Ravel, and
Debussy), but he changed to band music. He admits to not knowing
rock 'n' roll or popular songs when he was young however. "I didn't
know of their existence at all. Sometimes, I saw the popular music
program on TV, but I don't remember any of them. I was very used to
the sound of the orchestra, so the sound of rock 'n roll or popular
song was like very limited and didn't strike me." |
