Americans are somehow obsessed with her, and something about me hit a spot with people in Japan.

I'm not like a gorgeous bombshell or anything like that.

I bought an espresso maker and coffee maker and make them myself every day.

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

I squeeze oranges every morning to make juice.

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.

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

I get strangely obsessed about the cleanliness of my house.

If I suddenly disappear from the music world, you might see Hikaru Utada working as a helper at some inn in Atami.

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.

The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.

The more we are willing to separate from distraction and step into the open arms of boredom, the more writing will get on the page.

Imagine our imaginations were limited only to the limitless. Still, it wouldn't matter without a motivation to move.

You can handle just about anything that comes at you out on the road with a believable grin, common sense and whiskey.

A wise man travels to discover himself.

The camera's greedy lens sucks my image through it and splashes my pixilated ghost across his face in pale blue light.

I always like to say that our brand or our philosophy has always been kind of this marriage between the 'food as indulgence, ' and it's also been about 'food as health, ' that food is vitality.

Everyone in the world worth being nice to. Because God never creates inferior human beings, each person deserves respect and dignity.

Dreamers are those who have achieved in love and life, because it is a dream that got them there.

Up until about a hundred years ago, the world was dark at night. You got to have a real night so you could sleep.

If you visit your friend, why need you apologize for not having visited him, and waste his time and deface your own act? Visit him now.