Quotes

So tunes with lower keys are increasing and I'm trying to do it with a different feel that agrees with the current style.

Namie Amuro

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

Namie Amuro

Rather than asking people to make songs from my image I have inside myself, I wanted different people to bring out many different Amuro Namies.

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

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

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

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My favorite thing in the world is Zaru-soba, and it has been since my debut.

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It was a shock to see teenage Amuraas.

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It was a real challenge forcing myself to be consis-tent in not playing up to my fans.

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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.

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

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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.

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

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

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I write songs now, I plan concerts.

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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.

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I want to sing live, not only R&B, but pop and rock; and I hope these songs will make the album cool.

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I think that I can coomunicate the lyrics most gently with ballads, and ballads are always when my feels are the brightest.

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

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I think I was a mirror for what they wanted to look like and how they wanted to feel.

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