Authenticity

“You don’t want to be the actor. You just want to be that person.”

“Good pop is something that can connect with a wide audience through integrity and honesty on the part of the artist.”

“There’s a certain point you just have to give up everybody’s ideas and listen to that voice.”

“I take the work seriously, but not myself.”

“I want the brand to stand for something and not to be scared.”

“Everything I do is truth. Art is true.”

“Once you start caring about what other people think, in terms of music, I don’t think that’s very true. But the minute you start doing for yourself, people’s opinions fall away and they’re not as important.”

“Only by wonderful technique do you disguise technique.”

“I’m always more interested in someone that sincerely wants to express something and find a new way to do it.”

“When I released diss tracks, I didn’t do that for fame, but to tell my part of the story.”

“I admire anyone who has their own style.”

“I can never fake it. My heart has to be in everything I do.”

“美空ひばりには神様がいる。でも本名の、加藤和枝には神様がいないの”

“It’s better to feel the pain than to hide pain.”

“A story that only someone who went through it could be trusted to give.”

“In my language I always say mintirho yaTHOOKવulula (a person’s deeds speak louder than their words).”

“U nas jest inaczej – aktor to człowiek, który ma swój normalny, przeciętny los, ale może wypowiedzieć to, czego słowa owej wewnętrznej treści nigdy nie wyrażą, stając twarzą w twarz do twarzy podobnej.”

“It is so easy to paint like your master & to think other people's thoughts, the difficulty is to be yourself.”