I can never really enjoy being famous.

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.

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

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.

This is how you start to get respect, by offering something that you have.

I'm a commercial person, not an academic.

When I'm able to bring together the two worlds that I love so much - film and TV - is a documentary feature, it's nirvana!

I always write with my .357 magnum handy. Why? Well, you never know when God may try to interfere.

The children of God have more in common then they have differences.

Truth [comes only] from those ... who cultivate their reason.

Believe in yourself, then others will believe in yourself.

What a gigantic step it is not to move.

After a while, you can't get any higher. It's like your head is in a wind tunnel - everything is vibrating.

Hell is very likely to be modernization infinitely extended.