I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.

I do feel really determined, and that I have to pull myself together, but I don't really think like, my market has changed and my company has changed, and I'm going to make it BIG in America!

Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.

If I suddenly disappear from the music world, you might see Hikaru Utada working as a helper at some inn in Atami.

For the version of this CD released in Japan, a translation of the English lyrics is included, but there are lots of places where meanings are lost in the process of translation.

I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.

Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to proceed with the chords, if the sound was alright, and all that detail on my own.