I stopped caring what people thought.

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

I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.

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.

I stopped caring what people thought.

Simply, there are many things I would like to do.

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

After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do.

My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn’t try to court publicity.

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

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.

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

When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didn’t have time to think.

I think afterall, a promotion video is a piece of work in it’s own right.

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

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.

From my debut until now, I’ve always wanted to sing and dance.

Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.

If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.

Until now, I’ve not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles.

Now, on nights that I can’t sleep, I play video games alone until the morning.

If I can’t get a mental image from the song, I won’t sing it.

People around me called me an idol, so that’s what I was.

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

Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I’m not a very adventureous person. I don’t look for change.

I’m not completely at ease at rapping, I can’t do it well yet.

Up until now, I had ideas that I wanted to try but didn’t have the opportunity to do them.

I enjoyed the opportunities, but there was no time to think.

I guess you could say I’m cautious, or a coward.

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

When I was younger, there was a huge gap between what I wanted to do and what I could do as an idol.

In the beginning, I didn’t dance that much and stuff.