2 min readSep 23, 2022
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- And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics.
- I figure no matter how old you are, it’s always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.
- For the version of this CD released in Japan, a translation of the English lyrics is included, but there are lots of places where meanings are lost in the process of translation.
- The world is in motion, as it seems.
- And it was then that I realized wow, I’m able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.
- When people ask me exactly how much time I spend in each country, I always tell them I have no idea.
- People do ask me if I think I can make it in the States.
- In English, the sounds and melodies I created were an inspiration to me, and words came to me as I explored the sounds, and from there I was able expand on the meaning.
- I can never really enjoy being famous.
- But in Japanese, there’s actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words.
- It’s a fairly recent thing but I’ve become very fond of making drinks myself.
- I don’t like going to the gym because I don’t like being with people I don’t know in that intense environment.
- 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.
- I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I’m not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.
- I squeeze oranges every morning to make juice.
- I get strangely obsessed about the cleanliness of my house.
- Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.
- The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.
- 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.
- There really aren’t any completely Asian people singing right now.
