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"I do feel really determined, and that I have to pull myself together, but I don't really think like, my market has changed and my company has changed, and I'm going to make it BIG in America!"
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"Better be alone than in bad company."
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"The most peaceable way for you, if you do take a thief, is, to let him show himself what he is and steal out of your company."
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"This book was company for me - I wrote these things when I was in hotels, far from where I normally live. I never intended to publish it."
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"I don't think the record company is aware of it. Because they just bury my albums and don't release them."
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"A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice the goods while the policeman searches you."
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"We've played producers almost our entire lives in everything else we've created. But when working on a feature and even dealing with something like Warner Bros. or another production company, or other details that you can worry about - we definitely learned a lot."
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"Do not let any record company disturb your creative flow. You are not writing for the record company. You're writing for the public."
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"If you have a song that you think sounds like another song you should contact the publishing company and say I have a song here, let's cut a deal that lets everyone walk away feeling good."
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"I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company."
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"Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It's beyond me."
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"I do feel really determined, and that I have to pull myself together, but I don't really think like, my market has changed and my company has changed, and I'm going to make it BIG in America!"
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"The thing is, in English I'm able to write the lyrics as I'm making the song, once I'm done with the melody."
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"People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States."
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"But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words."
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"And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics."
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"I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself."
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"There really aren't any completely Asian people singing right now."
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"I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late."
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"The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested."
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"When people ask me exactly how much time I spend in each country, I always tell them I have no idea."
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