Utada Hikaru Quotes

• The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that’s different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they’re interested.

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  Tags in Translation, Version

• Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to proceed with the chords, if the sound was alright, and all that detail on my own.

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  Tags in Songs, Alright

• It’s just that, when I’m in Japan I could foretell to a certain degree what would be accepted, so I certainly don’t come up with any crazy arrangements.

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  Tags in Crazy, Japan

• In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.

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  Tags in English, Inspiration

• I figure no matter how old you are, it’s always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.

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• I do feel really determined, and that I have to pull myself together, but I don’t really think like, my market has changed and my company has changed, and I’m going to make it BIG in America!

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  Tags in Pull, Changed

• For the version of this CD released in Japan, a translation of the English lyrics is included, but there are lots of places where meanings are lost in the process of translation.

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  Tags in Process, Meanings

• When people ask me exactly how much time I spend in each country, I always tell them I have no idea.

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  Tags in Spend, Ask

• There really aren’t any completely Asian people singing right now.

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  Tags in Asian, Right

• The world is in motion, as it seems.

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  Tags in Motion

• Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.

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  Tags in Lyrics, Really

• People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States.

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  Tags in Think, Ask

• No one told me I had to make something that would sell, but I personally want everyone to like my music.

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  Tags in Personally, Everyone

• It’s a fairly recent thing but I’ve become very fond of making drinks myself.

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  Tags in Drinks, Recent

• In Japan, people don’t really sing about s*xual content.

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  Tags in Sexual, Content

• I’ve been missing Japanese literature so much of late.

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  Tags in Literature, Missing

• I’m not like a gorgeous bombshell or anything like that.

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  Tags in Gorgeous, Anything

• I squeeze oranges every morning to make juice.

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  Tags in Morning, Every

• I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I’m not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.

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  Tags in Myself, Want

• I don’t like going to the gym because I don’t like being with people I don’t know in that intense environment.

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  Tags in Intense, Environment

Utada Hikaru (31)

Birth:	19th January, 1983
Nationality:	American, Japanese
Profession:	Arranger, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, Singer

About

Hikaru Utada is known by her stage name Utada English in the United States and Europe. Since the release of her Japanese debut album First Love, which went on to become the best selling album in Oricon history, Utada has had three of her Japanese studio albums in the list of Top 10 best selling albums ever in Japan and six of her albums charting within the 275 Best-Selling Japanese albums list.

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