Ayumi Hamasaki Quotes

Anything I've ever said, I certainly was feeling at the time.

I've found that in now having experienced what it's like to make records and just through growing up in general that you should be expressive about what's affecting you instead of trying to sing about a subject just for the sake of other people getting something from it.

Nobody can tell you you're wrong for writing a song about how you feel - even if you don't really feel that way.

I just write about how I'm feeling at the time. If I feel like being cheeky and a bit straight up and a bit aggressive, you'll hear that in my music. If I feel like being very vulnerable and opening up about something personal, you'll hear that, too.

'Crush' is probably the most honest project I've ever written. It's my voice.

I am an emotional guy. I try to be very honest.

I sort of feel that I have to constantly be really, really honest with the way I feel, and I have to get that out.

People actually live with their id exposed. They're not good at concealing what's going on inside.

I find the greatest songs in the world come out of pain, and I don't like it! Here's what it does: It strips away all of your facade. It makes you so honest. It's cleansing.

I remember keeping a lot of journals and diaries and trying to form a complete thought just based off of those immediate, raw feelings. If anything, I was conscious about how I just always wanted to be as honest as possible, no matter how vulnerable it would make me seem.

Never be ashamed of what or how you feel... just be honest.

I'm a big emotional mess. I try to talk about things that people don't like to talk about, especially in music. Hopefully it reaches someone and lets them access their vulnerability. That's what I want it to accomplish.

In my music and my life, I'm honest with my feelings, and people appreciate that. That's just the way I am.

Playing is just about feeling. Playing isn't necessarily about misery. Playing isn't necessarily about happiness. But it's just about letting yourself feel all those things that you have already on the inside of you, but you're all the time trying to push them aside because they don't make for polite conversation or something.

Anytime I hear songs that are so honest, whether they make the person who's singing it look good or not, there's a level of honesty that resonates with people.

Whatever I'm feeling, whatever I'm going through, whatever mood I'm in... If I'm feeling like dancing or clubbing, then it will be reflected in the music. If I'm feeling dark and vulnerable, then it will reflect in the music, too.

My career is based off of me talking about my emotions.

You write these vulnerable songs as a sort of therapy, but if you don't confront people on a daily basis, it's not reality. There's still a bit of separation there.

A lot of the work I've done has been about being very raw and open with your emotions.

The biggest thing that I hope people take away when they listen to my music is that they feel that there is an outlet being presented that allows them to be more authentic and for them to be more honest in their own lives.

I feel it's much easier to be honest or be myself in songs when I'm playing. That's why I felt, 'You know, I'm going to write the truth.'

The most confronting thing you can do is talk about your feelings and open yourself up.

I just couldn't keep on trying to please people. It was hindering my creative output, and I had to be honest with myself.

I feel like when I say something sad, I mean it.

I try as hard as I can to write from a personal place and be genuine.