Ayumi Hamasaki

"It is necessary that I am viewed as a product. I am a product."

"I don't have dreams. How can I say it? I myself am a dream."

"I don't set goals. Like, that's what I want to be doing however many years from now. I do what I love to do at the moment."

"I thought Mommy's life was strange, not mine."

"My job is simply to be myself, to be Ayumi Hamasaki."

"[...]Everyone has a secret. Right? Of course I have a secret. I think maybe you too?"

"I don't want to become adult!"

"If people will listen, I will go anywhere in the world!"

"Music is my life, if I am without music or if I can't sing any more, I die, I'm nothing...because music is everything."

"[...] I don't know my future. I don't know about tomorrow. I can just control for today or present, right now. [...] I don't want to think about future too much, because present is most important for me."

"…I guess the very first thing is to own your true self, and that includes achieving the point of not lying to others; the first step should be not lying to yourself."

"By your faith in people, you will someday be betrayed. I thought it was the same as being rejected. At the time I didn't have that kind of strength. Certainly, I knew too much. It was said that I was a strong child. I was praised, saying "you must have strength not to cry" The more things like that were said, the more even laughing was painful."

"The lovers, appearing happy, walk, holding hands. Though it appears everything is perfect, only they know the truth."

"Who taught me true strength? Who taught me kindness? Whom do I walk for? Who did I want to stroke my hair? Who didn't give up for me? I'll never forget."

"When I lost my way, and When the road was too long, I was muttering to myself. Life is just that way..."

"Today's happy face, today's sad face. Yesterday, a weak self, tomorrow, a strong self. If it's you, who are you showing it to? If it's I, whom should I show it to?"

"Everyone, including I, is certain that "that thing" they're searching for is in the future. But how many people have realized that "that" is actually in the past? I can't even guess."

"I saw the end of an age with these, my eyes. But I didn't want to know that it's my turn next."

"Choosing only the things you like isn't irresponsible. If you can't find anything you like then why take the responsibility? I take only the possibilities that I'm ready to accept."

"If you don't need it, then it is useless to be compassionate. If it's important then it will probably be followed with pain. Loneliness that you feel with someone is worse than one you feel alone."

"This year, once again, the seasons have passed. Memories have faded. The border between my blurry dream and reality has become blurred. Even so, the dream I once told you of did not have a single lie."

"Today was very sad, and even if tomorrow, I cry, someday I will be able to laugh and remember our time together. How many seasons must pass, in this, our finite existence? If we live in the "now", what will we find?"

"You once said long ago while stroking my hair, "When you wake up, there'll be a nice present by your pillow.""

"Your back always looked small and weak but we could laugh together at funny stories. But if people keep making the same mistakes over and over can they really regret them?"

"When I woke up, I found by my pillow a teddy bear instead of you."

"Isn't it? It's as if we have just entered a new age It's a miracle; we will never experience it again Let's remember it once more"

"No matter how far apart we are, don't forget that we're still under the same sky, both traveling to the place we once dreamed of."

"Today, in this city two people will meet and lock eyes; the curtains are then turbulently thrown open. [...] Today, in this city two people will separate their paths; the curtains are then silently lowered."

"But, for everything, there is an end, someday, inevitably."

""Maria" There is someone I should love. At times I sustain deep, deep wounds. But, by the person I should love, they are all healed. "Maria" Everyone is crying. "Maria" But I want to believe. "Maria" So I'm praying now that this is my final love. Beginnings come at random, but endings always have a reason."

"But in such a place as this, I can only tell you by singing this song."

"If you'd listen, even for a little while I'd be pleased Remember, once more we were born into this world crying. Your dreams and hopes for tomorrow are all in this world."

"Remember, once more how our world should be. And please, don't forget, please, please don't forget."

"Surely, no one hoped for so many things. Hold the flowers close to your heart; they may someday bloom."

"If you were alone and suddenly became blind, and even so you keep walking forward."

"A woman could be having fun A woman could be like a nun In order to survive We cannot be kind Until we are hurt"

"In a city [world] as dirty as this, You gather up, save, and show me Purely beautiful things."

"I don't want a weak heart that can't cry or the strength not to cry. I'll search for a shooting Star to cast my wishes on, but Daybreak will come too soon And I won't be able to find one."

"In times when I encounter sad things I have a habit of saying "I'm all right". On that day, something had stopped for me And no matter how much I pray, I can't find a single star."

"How many times have I lost my way? Every time, the one who gave me a hand Was you."

"We go on this voyage to find happiness. You see? A smile really suits you."

"If time is a fading dream Then it would be like a flower Even if destined to fall It would be all the more valuable in its transience."

"Really, we are Not only dots But are the whole"

"If one day They are connected And form lines"

"Certainly everyone, in order to protect love, Certainly wishes to believe in something"

"Even in my age now, I'm the same as before and just as fearful I only learn how to pretend to be strong"

"Though my heart is filled with feelings I want to convey You see, I can't express them in words If I had not met you I wouldn't even have such an embarrassing pain"

"Slowly, I've come to realize That I cannot heal my past And that fearing the unavoidable future Is pointless"

"Goodbye. You have gone to the place where we can never meet again I can't accept the coldness of an eternal parting I wish I could have heard you say That surely, you had loved me Only once, even if it were a lie"

"You see? The times have changed But why do I still hear people say "Tears are woman's weapons"? We don't cry easily We are not always flirty We are not dolls Who are only dressed to the nines."