Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite Chic has lend their voice.
Namie Amuro

After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do.
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Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change.
Namie Amuro

During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child.
Namie Amuro

Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.
Namie Amuro

Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
Namie Amuro

For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular.
Namie Amuro

From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance.
Namie Amuro

I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
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I enjoyed the opportunities, but there was no time to think.
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I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well.
Namie Amuro

I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.
Namie Amuro

I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do.
Namie Amuro

I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.
Namie Amuro

I stopped caring what people thought.
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I think afterall, a promotion video is a piece of work in it's own right.
Namie Amuro

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

I'm not completely at ease at rapping, I can't do it well yet.
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If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.
Namie Amuro

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.
Namie Amuro