Ayumi Hamasaki
Ayumi Hamasaki
Ayumi Hamasakiis 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...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth2 October 1978
CityFukuoka, Japan
CountryJapan
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
If people will listen, I will go anywhere in the world!
I don't think you should meet the people you most admire. I don't want reality to interfere with my image.
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
New York was a relief - not all hierarchical and rule-bound.
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.
I didn't understand my loneliness until I moved to Tokyo. I moved at 14. I came alone, without Mommy. She came later.
The way I work, typically, I do everything at the very last minute.
I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams.
It sounds odd coming from me, but I realize what I say and how I look has a great impact.
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.
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.
Slowly, I've come to realize That I cannot heal my past And that fearing the unavoidable future Is pointless
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.