Namie Amuro

“I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.”

“I stopped caring what people thought.”

“For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular.”

“If I don't think about anything, and start with a clean slate, in terms of what I have to do, a lot of different ideas come up, and I can think about things more openly.”

“In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.”

“Simply, there are many things I would like to do.”

“I enjoyed the opportunities, but there was no time to think.”

“My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.”

“I'm not completely at ease at rapping, I can't do it well yet.”

“From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance.”

“I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance.”

“Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite Chic has lend their voice.”

“I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do.”

“When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didn't have time to think.”

“I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.”

“Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.”

“People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.”

“When I was younger, there was a huge gap between what I wanted to do and what I could do as an idol.”

“Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.”

“Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change.”