Quotes by Ayumi Hamasaki

About Ayumi Hamasaki:

Ayumi Hamasaki is a Japanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress. Hamasaki has achieved popularity in Japan and Asia by enforcing her position as an artist and not trying to be forced as a "product", which was a common factor within the Japanese music culture and Avex Trax. Through her entire career, she has written all her lyrical content, produced her own music and has sometimes co-composed her music, which is evident in her albums I Am..., Rainbow and My Story.
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I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams.

Ayumi Hamasaki

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

Ayumi Hamasaki

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams. I'm O.K. with that so long as my songs are my own. No one can take my songs away from me.

Ayumi Hamasaki

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.

Ayumi Hamasaki

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. I think I'd throw myself into whatever I'm doing now. It's not about abandoning what I was doing before, or giving up. It's...

Ayumi Hamasaki

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

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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.

Ayumi Hamasaki

I'm not a professional; I lack even basic knowledge about writing music.

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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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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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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.

Ayumi Hamasaki

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

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

Ayumi Hamasaki

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

Ayumi Hamasaki

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

Ayumi Hamasaki

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

Ayumi Hamasaki

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.

Ayumi Hamasaki

The way I work, typically, I do everything at the very last minute.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameAyumi Hamasaki
  • DescriptionJapanese recording artist, lyricist, model, and actress
  • BornOctober 2, 1978
  • CountryJapan
  • ProfessionSinger; Seiy?; Songwriter; Model; Actor; Singer-songwriter; Composer