Namie Amuro Quotes

When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didnt have time to think.

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.

Now, on nights that I can't sleep, I play video games alone until the morning.

If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.

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

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

During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child.

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

If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.

Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.

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.

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

I wish I could balance life as an artist and a mother, but sometimes when I am doing live concerts, I have to ask people to help me in my other role.

I think afterall, a promotion video is a piece of work in it's own right.

After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do.

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

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

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

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

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

I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well.

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

I stopped caring what people thought.

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

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

In the beginning, I didnt dance that much and stuff.

I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.

Up until now, I had ideas that I wanted to try but didn't have the opportunity to do them.

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