Ayumi Hamasaki Quotes (14 Quotes)

I didn't understand my loneliness until I moved to Tokyo. I moved at 14. I came alone, without Mommy. She came later.

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 understand it's my role to realize people's dreams.

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

It's hard to decide how to match words to music. It's not like it's twice the work. It's always difficult for me to explain to the composer what I'm looking for. I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music.

It was written in some newspaper that I'm a Japanese Britney Spears. I like her, and she's fun to watch, but I don't get the sense that she's her own creation. Who I really like is Madonna. What I admire is she's made it on her own terms.

I have trouble voicing my thoughts... I can't communicate very well that way.

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.

It sounds odd coming from me, but I realize what I say and how I look has a great impact.

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 don't have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream.

I don't set goals. Like, that's what I want to be doing however many years from now. I do what I love to do at the moment. If I wake up tomorrow and decide I want to dance, that's what I'd do. Or design clothes.

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 don't think you should meet the people you most admire. I don't want reality to interfere with my image.