ItalianoGACKT Official X update. Translation below
This is the story of when I quit smoking.
“You were such a heavy smoker, you managed to quit, aren’t you?”
That’s what people around me said to me at the time.
When asked, “What would you choose to take with you in the end?”
I answered, with a straight face, “Cigarettes.”
That’s how much I loved cigarettes.
The reason I quit was a trivial incident.
At the time, all the members were heavy smokers,
and the studio was always smoky.
One day during studio work,
one of the members had quit smoking because he had caught a cold.
He suddenly asked me,
“Why don’t you quit smoking, Gaku?”
I replied to his words without any ill will.
“It’s not that I can’t quit. I just don’t want to quit… Don’t lump me in with you guys. If all of you could quit, I’d quit anytime…”
He must have really disliked those words, because
he called out to each and every member, agency, and record company staff.
Amazingly, within two weeks, everyone around me had quit smoking.
Then he said happily,
“Gaku, we’ve all quit. What do you think?”
“Okay. Well, this will be my last cigarette.”
And that was the end of my smoking life.
Despite being so attached to it, it’s so unexpected when it ends.
I quit because I decided to.
That’s all.
My actions are always like that.
I do it because I decided to.
That’s all.
Adding too many reasons to something is like
creating an excuse to stop.
Setting rules is important in everything.
And those rules should be simple, right?
If you can’t stick to what you’ve decided,
you should simplify the rules.
[Once you decide, do it]
No other reason is needed.
Translation: GACKT ITALIA Team
Translation © GACKT ITALIA