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’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 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...

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 have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream.

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

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

I understand it’s my role to realize people’s dreams.

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.

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

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

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.

Of course, my motto is still, ‘Work is work, private is private.’

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

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...

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...

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

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