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

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• Namie Amuro:

  I stopped caring what people thought.

• Namie Amuro:

  When I was younger, there was a huge gap between what I wanted to do and what I could do as an idol

• Namie Amuro:

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

• Namie Amuro:

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

• Namie Amuro:

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

• Namie Amuro:

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

• Namie Amuro:

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

• Namie Amuro:

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

• Namie Amuro:

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

• Namie Amuro:

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