If people will listen, I will go anywhere in the world!

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

I read and watch movies. I can't go to the movie theater much anymore, though, because I get recognized. It's worse sometimes if I wear a costume and try not to get recognized. I watch most of my films on airplanes

I always like whatever I did most recently. It's the closest to who I am at the moment.

In the beginning, I was searching for myself in my music. My music was for me. I didn't have the mental room to be conscious of the listener; I wrote to save myself.

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

I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music.