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.

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!

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.

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.

It's just that, when I'm in Japan I could foretell to a certain degree what would be accepted, so I certainly don't come up with any crazy arrangements.

Since I was doing all of it myself, I had to decide where I wanted to go with the songs, how to proceed with the chords, if the sound was alright, and all that detail on my own.

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.

I get strangely obsessed about the cleanliness of my house.

I bought an espresso maker and coffee maker and make them myself every day.

And it was then that I realized wow, I'm able to write lyrics and sing and stuff like that.

The same parts of my brain get as excited as when I study bio or read a novel and write a paper on it.

Actually, the fun part was not knowing what the heck I was going to be doing.

Americans are somehow obsessed with her, and something about me hit a spot with people in Japan.

And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics.

But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words.

For cubic U I didn't know how it all got started at all.

For me, it's an experiment to see what people are gonna think of it.

I can never really enjoy being famous.

I don't like going to the gym because I don't like being with people I don't know in that intense environment.

I just want people to see that I do my own stuff, that I'm not stupid, and I can make fun of myself.