I'd heard a lot of Asian people were rooting for me, but I had no idea. I was stunned. They were... impassioned, especially compared to Japan. I couldn't even have anticipated that kind of welcome

Beginnings come at random but endings always have a reason

If I write when I'm low, it will be a dark song, but I don't care. I want to be honest with myself at all times.

Of course, my motto is still, 'Work is work, private is private.

I don't know my future. I don't know about tomorrow. I can just control for today or present, right now. I don't want to think about future too much, because present is most important for me.

Music is my life, if I am without music or if I can't sing any more, I die, I'm nothing... because music is everything.

The way I work, typically, I do everything at the very last minute. Even if I was given two months, I'd do it in the last three days