Ayumi Hamasaki Quotes

#1. Music is my life, if I am without music or if I can't sing any more, I die, I'm nothing ... because music is everything.

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#2. If I write when I'm low, it will be a dark song, but I don't care. I want to be honest with myself at all times.

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#3. Even in my age now, I'm the same as before and just as fearful I only learn how to pretend to be strong

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#4. In a city [world] as dirty as this, You gather up, save, and show me Purely beautiful things.

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#5. If you are afraid of changes Watch from a distance Whether or not I might do something If you're going to talk about me behind my back It is what it is.

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#6. Certainly everyone, in order to protect love, Certainly wishes to believe in something

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#7. If you were alone and suddenly became blind, and even so you keep walking forward.

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#8. I feel most miserable When I can't step "step up to the plate" You know? People often say Regret from doing it is better than regret for not doing it

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#9. Surely, no one hoped for so many things. Hold the flowers close to your heart; they may someday bloom.

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#10. If you'd listen, even for a little while I'd be pleased Remember, once more we were born into this world crying. Your dreams and hopes for tomorrow are all in this world.

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

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#12. I was forgiven by forgiving many things Including my long-ago childhood I was healed, but I intended [ to ] heal I've just noticed, the way I was saved by love Though I tried to keep love away.

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#13. 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.

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

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#15. Slowly, I've come to realize That I cannot heal my past And that fearing the unavoidable future Is pointless

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

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#17. I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams.

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#18. Remember, once more how our world should be. And please, don't forget, please, please don't forget.

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

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#20. 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.

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#21. 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.

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#22. The lovers, appearing happy, walk, holding hands. Though it appears everything is perfect, only they know the truth.

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#23. I can't write a lie; the world of imagination is no good. I objectively capture my own experiences and those of my friends. I want to put true feelings into words. If I make a song when I'm sad, it's a dark one, but I think that's good. No matter when I want to be true to myself.

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#24. I don't know my future. I don't know about tomorrow. I can just control for today or present, right now. I don't want to think about future too much, because present is most important for me.

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#25. Everyone has a secret. Right? Of course I have a secret. I think maybe you too?

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#26. Though my heart is filled with feelings I want to convey You see, I can't express them in words If I had not met you I wouldn't even have such an embarrassing pain

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#27. If there are rules and regulations, I can't help it, I want to break them.

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#28. A woman could be having fun A woman could be like a nun In order to survive We cannot be kind Until we are hurt

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#29. No matter how far apart we are, don't forget that we're still under the same sky, both traveling to the place we once dreamed of.

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#30. What if everyone goes on the endless road Sooner or later Over the clouds to the sky Be sure to wait for me. And then, we will talk away About our countless memories.

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#31. Of course, my motto is still, 'Work is work, private is private.'

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#32. 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.

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#33. Beginnings come at random but endings always have a reason

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#34. It was not coincidental that we chose what's left If the universe has a will I think we are part of it Tender and precious How many times have I searched for something Found and lost it Since then?

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#35. 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.

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#36. I guess the very first thing is to own your true self, and that includes achieving the point of not lying to others; the first step should be not lying to yourself.

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#37. When I lost my way, and When the road was too long, I was muttering to myself. Life is just that way ...

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

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#39. It is necessary that I am viewed as a product. I am a product.

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#40. Because we want the same happiness We keep carving the same wounds onto our hearts. Forever, forever So I won't forget you I call you over and over again Please don't cry any more I won't leave you alone.

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#41. 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.

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

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