Namie: Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.
Namie: Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.
Namie: I came back to do a live concert. Nobody had done that before and I know my managers were worried.
Namie: Yes that's right. I, personally, like rap and hip hop music; doing this is diverging my music but I think up until now it's totally different than what I've done before, I wonder if this is good.
Namie: When I was younger, there was a huge gap between what I wanted to do and what I could do as an idol.
Namie: When I was snowed under with the work of an idol, I didn't have time to think.
Namie: When I sing and dance I act really cool, but when I sing a ballad I pretty much go back to being a normal girl while I'm singing, and that's kind of embarrassing and I also worry if the audience will accept me like that that.
Namie: Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.
Namie: Simply, there are many things I would like to do.
Namie: People around me called me an idol, so that's what I was.
Namie: My favorite thing in the world is Zaru-soba, and it has been since my debut.
Namie: It was a real challenge forcing myself to be consistent in not playing up to my fans.
Namie: If I get too wrapped up in how I have to be, or what I have to do, things gradually get worse and worse.
Namie: If I can't get a mental image from the song, I won't sing it.
Namie: I write songs now, I plan concerts.
Namie: I want to sing live, not only R&B, but pop and rock; and I hope these songs will make the album cool.
Namie: I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audience.
Namie: I think after all, a promotion video is a piece of work in its own right.
Namie: I really like to be able be really bold and put out a different side of myself, thanks to people I trust, I think.
Namie: I just wanted to sing again.
Namie: I guess you could say I'm cautious, or a coward.
Namie: I feel like with Suite Chic, I was able to show a lot of different things, and also that I got the closest to the kind of thing I want to be doing.
Namie: I don't think I did anything special to make myself charismatic for these girls.
Namie: I began to think more like a mother myself, and to become positive in my work again.
Namie: For the most part, I don't care about what everyone else is doing, or what is popular.
Namie: Even where music is concerned, my basic love for R&B hasn't changed, but lately I've grown able to listen to rock without resisting.
Namie: Even my closest friend said I was finished, but I think I may be a little different from the others.
Namie: During my grief, I realized there was nothing I could do for my mother, but I did have a child.
Namie: Aside from my work, in my everyday private life, I'm not a very adventurous person. I don't look for change.
Namie: 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.
She has a son, Haruto, who was born on May 19, 1998.
Her favorite town is New York.
Her favorite drink is Coca-cola.
Her favorite food is Japanese noodles.
Namie's favorite actor is Ryosuke Miki.
Namie attended Joto Elementary School, Ishimine Junior School, and Okinawa Actors School.
Namie was one of the most popular and successful singers during the 90s.
Her blood type is O.
Namie's maternal grandmother is Italian.
Her husband's name is Sam, and they got married on October 22, 1997 and divorced on 2002.
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