Top 35 Quotes & Sayings by Namie Amuro

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Japanese musician Namie Amuro.

Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Namie Amuro is a Japanese former recording artist, producer, songwriter, dancer, model, actress and entrepreneur who was active between 1992 and 2018. A leading figure of the Japanese entertainment industry since the early 1990s, Amuro is known for breaking the youthful idol stereotype of J-Pop, changing the fashion trends and lifestyle of women in Japan, her experimentation across music styles, and for her visual imagery in music videos and live performances. Due to her career longevity, resilience, professionalism, efforts behind-the-scenes in the music industry, and her way of life, she is considered a pop culture icon in Japan and Asia. She has been referred to as "Diva of Heisei Era" and the "Queen of Japanese Pop", and has been recognized as having the influence and career impact domestically equivalent to artists such as Janet Jackson and Madonna in Western music and pop culture.

Japanese - Musician | Born: September 20, 1977

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My popularity plunged three years ago and I didn't try to court publicity.

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Actually, recording the Suite Chic album was so much fun and while working on this new album, people that I've worked with from Suite Chic has lend their voice.

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If I get to wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.

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I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.

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I'm not completely at ease at rapping, I can't do it well yet.

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When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didn't have time to think.

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From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance.

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Now, on nights that I can't sleep, I play video games alone until the morning.

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Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

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People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.

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Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.

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For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular.

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I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance.

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I think afterall, a promotion video is a piece of work in it's own right.

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Up until now, I had ideas that I wanted to try but didn't have the opportunity to do them.

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Simply, there are many things I would like to do.

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I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.

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If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.

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I enjoyed the opportunities, but there was no time to think.

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Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventureous person. I don't look for change.

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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.

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Until now, I've not done a project where the produce, rapper and singer has never worked together like this before, and I had a chance to try a variety of styles.

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If I don't think about anything, and start with a clean slate, in terms of what I have to do, a lot of different ideas come up, and I can think about things more openly.

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I stopped caring what people thought.

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I get even more nervous singing when everyone's fallen silent, but I really try to communicate the meaning of the lyrics, and there's people there listening to that, and if they're moved by it, then I'm moved as well.

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After I can be happy with knowing that I did what I wanted to do.

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I had no choice in the decision to make myself available. I was not always doing things I wanted to do.

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During my grief, I realised there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child.

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Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.

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I never had the chance to consider what or how I wanted to be.

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