"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."

"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."

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."

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

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

"I stopped caring what people thought."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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."